syndromes and cancers for board review Flashcards
1
Q
B cell lymphoma
A
EBV
2
Q
blackwater fever
A
rare complication of malaria= plasmodia
3
Q
bladder cancer
A
schistosome haematobium
4
Q
Burkitts lymphoma
A
EBV
5
Q
cervical cancer
A
HPV (16 and 18 most commonly)
6
Q
colon cancer
A
streptococcus bovis (colon flora)
7
Q
floppy baby syndrome
A
clostridium botulinum (gram positive rod)
8
Q
gastric adenocarcinoma
A
H. pylori
9
Q
gastric MALT B cell lymphomas
A
H pylori
10
Q
guillain-barre syndrome
A
campylobacter jejuni (also some vaccines)
11
Q
hairy oral leukoplakia
A
EBV (associated with HIV/immunocompromised)
12
Q
hemolytic uremic syndrome
A
E.coli (EHEC)
13
Q
hyper infection syndorme
A
strongyloides stercoralis
14
Q
Kaposi sarcoma
A
HHV-8
15
Q
katayama syndrome
A
schistosomiasis japonica (acute pray egg-laying phase)
