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Transmission of tularemia

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Dermacentor tick

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Treatment of tularemia

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Streptomycin

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Most virulent bacteria
Bubonic plague
Safety pin staining
Flea bite

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Yersinia pestis

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Treatment of Yersinia

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Streptomycin

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Bipolar staining
Buttery colonies with musty odor
Reservoir cats and dogs
Pen G

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Pasteurella multocida

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Most important virulence factor of M. tuberculosis

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Cord factor

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Reservoir: armadillos

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Mycobacterium leprae

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8
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Type of leprosy
Many lesions
Marked tissue destruction 
High likelihood of transmitting 
Reduced cell mediated response
Negative lepromin skin test
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Lepromatous leprosy

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9
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Negativr lepromin skin test for lepromatous leprosy is due to

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Anergy

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Type of leprosy with hypopigmented plaques and anesthesia

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Tuberculoid leprosy

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Treatment of leprosy

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Dapsone

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12
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Anaerobe infection due to broken jaw or dental extraction

Hard nontender swelling with sinus tracts draining sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

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Treatment of actinomyces israelii

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Penicillin G

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Aerobic gram positive rods with aerial hyphae from inhalation of particles in soil

Fungus ball

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Nocardia asteroides

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15
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Treatment for nocardia

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TMP SMX

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16
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Smallest free living organism

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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17
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Most common infectious cause of stevens johnson syndrome

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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18
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DOC for mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Azith or erythromycin

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19
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Most important diagnostic test for primary syphilis

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Dark field microscopy

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20
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Confirmatory test for secondary syphilis

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FTA ABS

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21
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Influenza like symptoms few hours after receiving Pen G due to lysis of treponemes

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Jarisch- Herxheimer reaction

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22
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Condyloma lata
Lymphadenopathy
Occurs after 1-3 months

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Secondary syphilis

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23
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Painless lesion in primary syphilis occurring in 2-10 weeks

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Chancre

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24
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Tabes dorsalis in the eyes

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Argyll robertson pupil

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Most common cause of death in congenital syphilis
Pulmonary hemorrhage
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Treatment for syphilis
Pen G
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Largest medically important bacteria
Borrelia burgdorferi
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Weakly staining gram negative spirochete | Cultured on BSK medium
Borrelia burgdorferi
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Transmission of lyme disease is through bite from
Ixodes tick
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Lyme disease BAKE a key lyme pie
Bells palsy bull's eye lesion Arthritis AV block doKxycycline Erythema chronicum migrans
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Thin coiled spirochete with hooked ends (Shepherd's crook) Fletcher or EMJH medium
Leptospira interrogans
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Gold standard for diagnosis of leptospirosis
Lepto MAT
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What phase of leptospirosis manifests with fever chills calf tenderness conjunctival suffusion
Acute leptospiremic phase
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Pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis would show this in CXR
Snow flake lesions
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Triad of Weil syndrome
Jaundice Bleeding Uremia
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Most common cause of death of Weil syndrome
Pulmonary hemorrhage
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Treatment for leptospirosis
Doxycycline Ampicillin or amox
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Obligate intracellular bacteria | Cell wall lacks muramic acid
Chlamydia
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Form of chlamydia: Inactive Enters cells by endocytosis
Elementary body
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Metabolically active form of chlamydia
Reticulate body
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Most common STD overall
Chlamydia
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Most common cause of infectious blindness in the world
Trachoma (C trachomatis)
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Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in trachoma
Halberstadter Prowazek
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Chlamydia trachomatis types
A-C: trachoma D-K: genital tract, neonatal pneumonia L1-L3: lymphogranuloma venereum
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Staccato cough cause
Neonatal pneumonia caused by chlamydia trachomatis
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Bacterial infection associated with atherosclerosis
Chlamydia pneumonia
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Bird fancier's disease From bird exposure Azithromycin
Psittacosis | Chlamydia psittaci
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Cat scratch disease
Bartonella henselae
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Can cause mesenteric adenitis Transmitted oro fecal route Gram negative rod
Yersinia enterocolitis
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Small painless papule ulcerate with a beefy red ulcer Pseudobuboe Azithromycin Donovan bodies- closed safety pins
Klebsiella granulomatis
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Fungi that can cause liver necrosis
Amanita mushrooms
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Ingestion of contaminated peanuts and grains | Can cause liver cancer due to aflatoxin
Aspergillus flavus
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Inhalation of spores can cause allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Aspergillus fumigatus
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Diagnostic test for fungi in general
KOH preparation | Sabouraud's agar
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Which group of antifungals belongs to a class of semisynthetic polypeptides that inhibit important constituent of fungal cell wall
Echinocandins
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Primary mechanism of resistance of Candida albicans against azole antifungals
Mutations in the 14 alpha sterol demethylase enzyme
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3 important Dermatophytoses
Microsporum canis Trichophyton tonsurans Epidermophyton floccosum
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Inflammatory reaction to dermatophytosis at a cutaneous site distant to the primary infection site
Dermatophytid reaction
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Tinea rash ca be described as
Annular with central clearing
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Tinea versicolor is caused by this organism
Malassezia furfur
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_________ appearance of tinea versicolor on 10% KOH
Spaghetti and meatballs
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Treatment of malassezia furfur
Miconazole
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What organism causes fungemia in premature infants on IV lipid supplements
Malassezia furfur
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Dimorphic fungus that lives in vegetation Occurs in gardeners Thorn prick Itroconazole or potassium iodide
Sprothrix schenckii
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``` Granulomata in bones and CNS Dimorphic fungus Inhalation of arthrospores Spherules containing endospores Latin america and SW United States Amphotericin B ```
Coccidioides immitis
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``` TB mimicker Dimorphic fungus Microcomidia Ohio and Mississippi River Bird droppings Starling bird ```
Histoplasma capsulatum
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Dimorphic fungus Mariners wheel configuration Central and South america Inhalation of conidia
Paracoccidioides brasiliesis
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Candidial infection seen in immunocompromised patients
Esophagitis
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Oval yeast with narrow based bud seen in India ink Positive CALAS Pigeon droppings Inhalation of airborne yeast cells
Cryptococcus neoformans
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Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis
Amphotericin B | Flucytosine
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Exist only as molds | Septate hyphae that form acute angles v shaped branches
Aspergillus
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DOC for aspergillus
Amphotericin B
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Saprophytic molds with nonseltate hyphae without walls and branches at right angles
Mucormycosis | Rhizopus oryzae and mucor spp
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Mucormycosis symptom
Rhino orbital cerebral infarction with eschar infection
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Mucormycosis usually occurs in patients with
DKA Burns leukemia
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Diffuse interstitial pneumonia with ground glass infilrates Hat shaped cells CD4 less than 200
Pneumocystis jiroveci
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DOC for pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP SMX

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