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caused by vector that carries lyme
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granylocytic ehrlichiosis
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tick that can carry francisella tularensis
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dermacentor
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tick for RMSF
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dermacenter
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positive Weil-Felix
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RMSF
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ulceroglandular disease
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tularemia
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contact with swine
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taenia solium (tapeworm)
cysticercosis |
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exposure to herding dogs
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echinococcus granulosus
or (less common) E. multiocularis |
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focal calcifying brain lesions
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neurocysticercosis
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intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies
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Chlamydia
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sterols in membrane
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mycoplasm
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lacks a cell wall
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mycoplasma
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cell membrane has ergosterol
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fungi
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cell wall with mycolic acid
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mycobacterium
makes them stain acid fast |
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foul smelling sputum
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anaerobic
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periodontal disease
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anaerobic bacteria
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llng abscess
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anaerobic bacteria
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hemorrhagic infarctions
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aspergillus
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pulmonary abscesses that extend from liver abscess across the diaphragm
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entamoeba
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multiple lung lesions in non-continguous sites
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staph aureus (embolic spread)
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bronchopneumonia following URI
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strep pyogenes
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floppy baby
honey |
spores of clostridium
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gram +
spores floppy baby |
clostridium
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neurotoxin
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tetanospasmin or botulinum toxin
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difference between botulism infection in infant vs adult
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infant ingests spores
adult ingests preformed neurotoxin |
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maculopapular, bronzing rash
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secondary syphilis
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ingestion of poorly cooked fish
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diphyllobothrium latum
pernicious anemia |
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leukorrhic urethral discharge
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gonorrhoea
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painful genital ulcers
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haemophilus ducreyi
Klebsiella granulomatis |
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travel to Africa
veneral disease |
granuloma inguinale
lymphogranuloma venedrium (chlamydia) |
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motile trophozoite
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trichomonas
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ithcing and frothy yellow malodourous discharge
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trichomonas vaginalis
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strawberry mucosa of vagina
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trichomonas
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corkscrew motility
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trichomonas
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clue cells
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Gardnerella vaginalis
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vaginal fishy malodorous discharge, but not frothy and yellow
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bacterial vaginosis due to Gardnerella
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obligate vaginal intracellular pathogens
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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encephalitis with lymphocytes
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HSV encephalitis
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location of HSV encephalitis
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temporal lobe
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antibody that can be used to test for acute toxoplasma infection in the neonate
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IgM
(IgG easily crosses the placenta and so isn't helpful) |
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alternative complement pathway is important for clearing its infections
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Neisseria
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chemotaxed to an area by teichoic acid
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neutrophils
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neonatal sepsis
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Strep agalactiae (goupr B)
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mechanism by which penicillin binding protein mutations are trasnferred between strains of bacteria
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transformation
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principal means for transferring drug-resistance genes that are on plasmids
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F+ to F- conjugation
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means for transferring methicillin resistance
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generalized transduction
(this is transfer as an accident of the life cycle of a lytic phage) |
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mechanism by which chromosomal genes are transferred from one bacterium to another during conjugation
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HFr to F-
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transfer of drug-resistance genes as an accident of the life cycle of a temperate (vs lytic) phage
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specialized transduction
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what's involved in the transition of methicillin resistance and imipenem resistance
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phages
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bacteria capable of natural transformation
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h flu
strep pneumo neisseria |
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community acquired lobar pneumonia associated with cavitation
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Klebsiella
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pneumonia in alcoholics over 40 with underlying diabetes or obstructive lung disease
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klebsiella
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thick, gelatinous sputum
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klebsiella
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description of the CMV virus
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double stranded
DNA enveloped icosahedral |
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double-stranded DAn
naked icosahedral |
papoavirus
adenovirus |
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double stranded RNA
naked icosahedral |
reovirus
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singe stranded DNA
naked icosahedral |
parvovirus
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single stranded
negative sense RNA enveloped helical |
paramyxovirus
rhabdovirus filovirus orthomyxovirus bunyavirus arenavirus |
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single stranded
positive sense RNA enveloped icosahedral |
flavivirus
togavirus |
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dieterle silver stain
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legionella
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quellung reaction
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strep pneumo
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needs cystein
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Francisella
Legionella Brucella Pasteurella |
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disease of elderly smokers who are immunosuppressed
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legionella
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transmitted from cat bites most commonly
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pasteurella
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hemolysin HlyA
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produced by uropathogenic E coli
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opa proteins
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neisseria gonorrhea
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toxins Stx-1 and 2
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shiga toxins made by e coli
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how HepB is transformed into hepatocellular carcionma
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integration of viral genome
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capture of cellular ongogenes as a method of tumorgenesis
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HTLV-1 and 2
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causes tumorgenesis by inactivating tumor suppressor genes
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HPV
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causes tumorgenesis by translocating an oncogene
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EBV for Burkitt lymphpoma
(c-myc) |
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maltese cross
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babesia microti
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culex mosquitos
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West Nile encephalitis
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transmitted by demracentor tick
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colorado tick fever
tularemia Rickettsia rickettsii |
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cause of adult vs neonatal HSV encephalitis
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HSV1 in adults
HSV2 in children |
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blueberry muffin disease
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CMV
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PDA in neonate; infection in mother
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Rubella
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neonate with perforated palate, notched tteth, bronzing rash, etc
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neonatal syphilis
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gram negative
oxidase negative non lactose fermenting bacillus |
enterobacteriaceae
(cause diarrhea or enteric fevers) |
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acyclovir used for
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herpes
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mebendazole ussed for
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worm infections
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tetracycline used fo
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acne vulgaris and gonorrhea
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rx for traveller's diarrhea
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cipfor or a fluoroquinolone for adults
TMP/SMX for kids |
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means of toxoplasmosis spread
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ingestion of cysts from undercooked pork
cat feces |
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crohn disease predisposes for
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fistulas involving the vagina (not vulvovaginitis)
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disseminated gonorrhea can cause
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septic arthritis
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recurring episodes of arthritis
petehial rash on trunk and extensor surfaces tenderness on tendon sheaths high white count; no visible organisms |
Neisseria gonorrhoea arthritis
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what enables neisseria gonorrhea to keep causing recurring arthritis
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pili undergo antigenic and phase variation
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drug of choice for N gonorrhoeae
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ceftriaxone
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best initial test for secondary syphillis
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VDRL
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best initial test for primary syphillis
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darkfield microscopy
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screening test for HIV
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ELISA
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first choice diagnostic test for tertiary syphyilis
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FTA-ABS
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gummas
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tertiary syphilis
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neonate born with widespread granulomas
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listeria monocytogenes in mother
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causes ophthalmia neonatorum
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neisseria gonorrhea
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cowdry-type inclusions
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herpes
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guarnieri bodies
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smallpox
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schuffner dots
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plasmodium vivax or ovale
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which occurs in this hemisphere, plasmodium vivax or ovale
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vivax
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malaria that don't have dormant forms
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falciparum
malariae |
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causes malaria like symptoms
infected RBCs tick borne |
babesia microti
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most common cause of neonatal meningitis
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strep agalactiae
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double stranded DNA virus with nuclear membrane envelope
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herpes
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second most comon cause of neonatal meningitis
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E coli
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third most common cause of neonatal meningitis
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listeria
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most common lymphocyte in the context of EBV mononucleosis
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CD8+ Tcells
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cells increased by allergic resopnse
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basophils
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what bug infects monocytes
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CMV
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transmitted by the sand fly
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Leishmania
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transmitted by the reduvid bug
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Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas)
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plasmid passes entirely from donor to recipient
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F+ F- conjugation
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how to prevent transmission of Group B strep neonatal meningitis
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IV ampicillin during labor
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how to prevent contamination of neonate by E coli
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enema prior to delivery
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how to prevent neonatal infection with ophthalmia neonatorum, treponema pallidum or chlamydia
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erythromycin drops
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latin america
pilots wheel bludding yeasts (multiple budding yeasts) |
paracoccidioidomycosis
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riverbeds of eastern US, esp N and S Carolina
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blasto
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us desert southwest
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Coccidioidomycosis
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mississippi, missouri and Ohio river vallesy
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histoplasmosis
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rose gardeners
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sporotrichosis
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cigar chaped yeast
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sporotrichosis
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why does histoplasmosis not usually get transferred form person to person
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it forms intracellular bodies
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most frequent cause of meningitis in people over 65
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strep pneumo
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pseudomonas virulence factor that causes ecthyma gangrenosum
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elastasesa LasA and B
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causes production of IL-1, 6 and TNFa lpha
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LPS endotoxin
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pyocyanin
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blue pigment produced by Pseudomonas
simulates IL-8 release |
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test for pneumocystis jiroveci
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direct fluorescent antibody test
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kind of test that's generally needed to detect presence of antigens in AIDS patients
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direct fluorescent antibody test (because antibodies aren't working!)
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AIDS patient
atypical pneumonia cyanosis |
pneumocystis jiroveci
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cluster of caseating granulomas found in right lung in interlobular fissure, and similar granulomas in hilar lymph node.
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primary TB
Ghon complex |
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DOC for pneumococcal pneumonia
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penicillin
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onchocerciasis
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river blindness
roundworm infection |
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microfilarias
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river blindness
onchocerciasis |
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lepromin +
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tuberculoid leprosy
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how is wucheria bancrofti transmitted
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mosquito
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pseudomonas' means of antibiotic resistance
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mutation of a porin protein (restricts access)
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mutation of a topoisomerase as a means of resistance by
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pseudomonas and e coli to cipro only
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meds for fingernal but not toenail infections
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fluconazole
griseofulvin |
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rx for fungal skin infections
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nystatin
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where HIV proliferates in initial stage
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follicular dendritic cell
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viruses infecting oligodendrocytes
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JC
measles |
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meningitis with markedly increased lymphocytes
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HSV or other viruses
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bugs that cause acute pyogenic meningitis
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h flu and e coli
pyogenic means there are increases in both lymphocytes and neutrophils |
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bugs that cause chronic meningitis
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TB
syphillis |
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ingestion of eggs from human feces
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ascaris lumbricoides
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skin penetration of larvae
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infection by hookworms, threadworrms and schistosomes
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mosquito transmission of larvae
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filarial nematodes
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bacterial endocarditis after urologic instrumentation in men
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enterococci
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subacute bacterial endocarditis after oral or dental treatments
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strep viridans
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