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brassy cough
difficulty breathing
croup

which virus?
parainfluenza
dyspnea in croup due to?
inflamed subglottic tissue obstructing upper airway leading to
stridor of croup [sign URI has spread to larynx]
nikolsy sign
epidermal necrolysis
fever
pain
scalded skin syndrome

due to?
staph
how does staph toxin work?
exfoliatin exotoxin

what part of the skin do they affect?
only the superficial epidermis
thayer-martin culture is for?
n. gon

contains what?
vanco [kills GMP]
colistin [GMN other than n.gon]
nystatin [kills fungus]
what factors does h. influ need to grow
X

V

known as?
enrichment media [special growht factors]
what does clostridium need to grow?
anaerobic
what appears purples on MacConkey agar?
lactose fermenters
what appears black on EMB
lactose fermenters
what is high in the CSF of patients with MS?
IgG in oligoclonal bands
visual evoked potentials used to detect?
MS due to demylination
what type of dz is MS?
auto-immune demylinating
what other disease besides MS do you see oligodendrocyte depletion?
progressive multifocal leukencephalopathy

due to what virus?
JK-polyoma
BK virus affects who?
kidney transplant patients
triad of HUS
microangiopathic HA
ARF
thrombocytopenia

present with?
fever
abd pain
diarrhea with blood
pallor
oliguria
labs for HUS?
decreased RBC
decreased platelets
inc BT
inc LDH
ince BUN and Cr
catalase + organisms:
staph
pseudo
citro
e.coli
klebsiella
shigella
yersinia
proteus
salmonella
serratia
enterobacter
germ-line mosacism?
consider in siblings but parents dont have dz
somatic mutation?
cant be passed on
TCR beta gene rearrangement leads to what on tlymph
both CD4 and cd8 expression
kozak consensus sequence mutation leads to:
beta-globin thalassema
pubic hair starts in which tanner phase?
2
breasts enlarge in which tanner phase?
2
tanner phase of penile length versus width?
2-length

3-width
raised areola?
tanner stage 4
blood from a ruptured follicle causes peritoneal irritation that can mimic appendicitis
mittelschmerz
X=

V=

for growht of H.Influ
x=hematin

V= NAD+

what bacteria produce these?
s. aureus
satellite phenomenon:
h. influ growing around hemolytic s. aureus
what does s. aureus do to help h.influ grow?
lyses rbc to release x and produces V
chocolate agar can be used to grow:
h. influ [with bacitracin]

n. mening
prinzmetal's angina you see:
episodic transient anginal chest pain at rest
pain at night
temporary ST elevations
which electorlyte is high in sarcoidosis?
calcium

due to?
what else do you see?
inapprop high vit D from macroph

low PTH
tetrology of fallot:
PS
RVH
Overriding aorta
VSD
non-cyanotic heart dz:
asd
vsd
patent ductus arteriosus
coarctation of the aorta
cyanotic heart dz:
TofF
Transposition of the Great Ves
Persistant Truncus Arteriosus
Tricuspid atresia
Tot anamolous pulm venous return
signs of infective endocarditis:
janeways lesions
osler nodes
roth's retinal spots
subungal splinter hemorrhages

what will you hear on auscultation?
regurg murmur
HPV 16 does:
E6 gene product inhibits p53 suppressor
HPV 18 does:
E7 gene product inhibits RB suppressor gene
c. diptheriea look like what?
chineses letters or joined in v or y shaped chains
umbilical vein becomes:
ligamentum teres
virus with postaruicular/occipital, adenopathy, lymphadenopaty and arthralgias...
rubella
tx for

syphillis
chlamydia
gonorrhea
penecillin

ceftriaxone

azithromycin/doxy
CEA is a marker for?

CA 19-9

DHEA
colorectal/pancreatic

pancreatic CA

adrena neoplasia
absence of tymic shadow:
SCID
PABA sunblock only blocks:

Zinc oxide blocks:
UVB

uvb and uva
tx for measles
vit. a
melanocytes don't make melanin properly
albinism
absence of melanocytes in skin
viltiligo
melanosome aggregates within the cytoplasm of the melanocyte
cafe au lait
acanthosis assoc with?
psoriasis
dyskeratosis assoc with?
scc
spongiosis assoc with
contact dermatitis
hyperparakaratosis assoc with
actinic keratosis
hypergranulosis assoc with
lichen planus
BRAF protein kinase assoc with
melanoma
how does vit d defieincy present:
increased serup phos
increased PTH
low Ca
bone pain
muscle weakness
platlets normally aggregate in response to ADP
vWF
platelets dont aggregate with ristocetin
vWF
test for DNA-binding proteins
southwestern

what do DNA-binding proteins bind to?
oligonucleotide probes
hybridization of multiple probes at one?
microarray

analyzes?
DNA to see the flourescens of mRNA expressed
palpable purpura
abd pain
arthralgia
kidney involvement
Henoch-Schonlein pupura [leukocytoclastic vasculitis]

due to?
IgA IC
painless, transient, monocular vision loss due to?
amaurosis fugax
temporal lobe infarct leads to:
pie in the sky "quadrantonopsia"
floaters/poor night vision:
diabetic retinopathy
cotton wool exudates

dot and blot retinal hemorrhages
diabetic retinopathy
HIV pol gene codes for:
reverse transcriptase
integrase
protease
HIV env gene codes for
protein that facilitates transport of unspiced viral transcripts out of the nucleus
HIV tat gene codes for:
proteins that transcriptionally activates other viral genes
HIV gag gene codes for:
envelope glycoproteins gp120 gp41 from the env gene
what do you culture cysteine-tellurite agar?
c. diptheriae [dark, slightly iridescent colonies]

look like?
club-shaped rods
what grows on MacConkey?
GMP, enteric bacteria
bordot-gengou medium used for?
b. pertussis
eye adduction:
oculomotor
medial rectus
what goes through the superior orbital fissure:
trochlear nerve [4]
abducens [6]
superior opthalmic vein
occulomotor nerve [3]
opthalmic nerve [V1]
what goes through foramen rotundum..
transmits CNV2
what goes through foramen ovale..
V3
what gets hurt with loud music?
organ of corti
what is virchows triad:
stasis
hypercoagulable state
endothelial injury
vertical diplopia [double vision when walking down stairs]
trochlear nerve palsy
what do you see in McArdles"
type 5 glycogen storage dz
breakdown of glycogen during exercise, muscle cramp, pain mygoblinuria [exercise intol]
why doesnt muscle function to maintain glucose levels?
it lacks glucose-6-phosphatase to convert Glucose-6-phosphatase to glucose
what enzyme is missing in McArdles?
myophosphorylase
immunodef
albinism
neuro defects
chediak-higashi

what type of neuro defect?
horizontal nystagmus
what is the deficiency of Chediak-Higashi?
you cant fuse your phagolysosome with your lysosome in neutrophils so you get giant lysomal inclusions

you get..
staph and strep infections
oculocutaneous albinism think:
chediak-higashi
TG and FFA increase insulin resistance in...
overweight individuals
alkaline phosphatase reflects what in bone?
osteoblast activity
TARP, urinary hydroxyproline and urinary deoxypryidinoline reflect..
osteoclastic activey
how can you differentiate bone AP from liver AP?
heat denaturation
what do clara cells do?
detox of inhaled toxins by cytochrom -450
cutaneous horns=
hyperkeratosis of actin keratosis
erythematous papules with central scale and sandpaper texture
actinic keratosis
where does psoriasis prefer?
extensors, elbows and knees
scaly plaque with central clearing and collarette of scale on the trunk, neck or extrem
pityriasis rosea

what is the nickname?
christmas tree patterin along skin tension lines
hydrocele is most like what other testicular issue?
indirect inguinal hernia
DIC:
bleed, coag cascade activ
PT and PTT prolonged
low fibringon
TTP/HUS:
do not bleed
only platelts activated
normal PT and PTT
normal fibrinogen
ITP:
thrombocytopenia is the only elevation, PT and PTT normal

fever
Signs of FA?
cerebellar ataxia
loss of position
loss of vibration sens
kyphoscoliosis
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

damage to:
degneration of spinocerebellar tracts
blanching of a vein with injection
induration
pallor
NE extravasation
what happens in rickets?
increase in unmineralized osteoid matrix and widened osteoid seams, matrix accum around trabeculae
what happens in osteoporosis?
trabecular thining with fewer interconnections
what stains with the PAS in whipple?
glycoprotein of the actinomycete t. whippelli

color?
magenta
difference between heparin and warfarin in terms of philicity...
heparin=water soluble [doesnt cross placenta]

warfarin=lipophilic [does cross placenta]
neuaminidase [NA] and hemagglutinin are virulence factors for
influenza
what do you need myophosphorylase for?
glycogenolysis

deficiency seen in:
mccurdles a glycogen storage dz
metabolic acidosis causes what electrolyte imbalance?
hyperkal
hyperkal on ECG?
peaked t's

no p's

long PR

wide QRS

slow rate
hypokal on ECG
u-waves and ST depression

if severe leads to
torsades de pointes
hypercalcemia on ECG
t-wave flattening
parinaud syndrome caused by:
pineal gland tumor, damage to EW nuclues so u lose parasymp

leads to:
upward gaze palsy
absent pupillar light reflex
failure to converg
wide-based gait
what do the TATA and the CAAT boxes serve as?
transcription initiators

via?
serving as binding sites for RNA polymerase II
how does diptheria work?
inhibits eukaryotic proteins synthesis by interfereing with the ribosome
where does HSV like to go in the brain?
temporal lobe/amygdala

what can it cause?
Kluver-Bucy syndrome
disorders of the basal ganglia:
Parkinsons
Huntingtons
Tardive Dyskinesia
Wilson Dz
two physiologic causes of hypervent:
increased tidal volume

inc resp rate
cause of tardive dyskinesia:
upreg of DA
what happends during depolarization?
sodium influxes into the cardiac myocytes
cant blow out a match means:
low FEV1/FVC
you get barrel chest because?
you have an increased TLC
nerve that controls making a fist:
ulnar
painful pharyngeal muscular spasms/contractures..
rabies
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions...
negri bodies

found where?
hippocampus
poor growth and fatigue from feeding suggest:
VSD
what type of shunt is a patent ductus arteriosus?
L-R

from aorta to pulm artery
sexual dysfunction usually due to?
T deficiency
multinucleate trophozoites with phagocytosed RBC in the cytoplasm?
E. hitolytica
lordosis due to:
anterior pelvic tilt due to excessive contracture of the hip flexors and weakness of the hip extensors

causes?
obesity
pregnancy
osteoporosis
kyphosis
achondroplasia
if patient has a tumor think what kidney finding?
membranous glomerulonephritis
increased lipoprotein lipase activity does what?
insulin resistance
where is ApoB-100 made>

where is ApoB-48 made?
liver

s. intestine
what drugs are good for insomnia?
short-acting benzos
decreased outward potassium leads to?
prolonged QT intervals

leads to?
t de pointes
when do you see elevated haptoglobin?
with hemolysis
parietal cell loss leads to/
hypochloryhydria
why would methylmalonic aicd and homocysteine be elevated?
in b12 def
causes of decreased compliance?
pulm fibrosis
insuff sufractant
pulmonary edema
bcl-2 is a?
apoptosis inhibitor

seen in?
follicular lymphoma [14:18]
bcr-abl does what?
apopotosis inhibitor plus increased tyrosine kinase activity
cyclin d1 does what?
promotes transition from G1 to S

seen in
mantle cell lymphoma
trandelenberg:
hip dips to unaffected side while standing on affected side

due to:
weakness of glutues musc
what innervates the gluteus maximus:
inferior gluteal nerve

what cant u do if you injure this nerve?
difficulty rising from seated position or stairs
how to patients with ischemic tubular necrosis present:
oliguria
muddy-brown casts
patients pre-disposed to papillary necrosis?
sickle cell dz/trait
DM
acute pyelonephritis

sx?
colicky flank pain
gross hematuria
passage of tissue fragments
edema and hemorrhagic necrosis of the temporal lobe think...
HSV
what is elevated in dermatomyositis?
CK levels

anti-jo
metatarsal stress fracture

dorsal hand calluses
anorexia

bulimia
which metab disturbance does bulimia have?
alkalosis
contemplation stage:
knows there is a problem but not ready to change
signs of alcohol abuse:
elevated GGT
AST>ALT
CNS depression
resp depression
NV constip
pupillary constriction
pinpoint pupils
seizures
opiods intoxication
sweating
dilated pupils
piloerection
fever
stomach cramps
diarrhea
opiod withdrawl
whats going on in ADHD?
decreased NE and DA
what are sx of reye's syndome?
hepatic failure
encephalopathy
microvesic steatosis
cerebral edema
hyperammonia
what does a decreased P50 mean?
increased hb affinity for oxygen
what heart condition is F. Ataxia associated with?
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
people with Li-Fraumeni are at risk of?
breast CA and soft tissue sarcome
where is pulmonary vascul resitance lowest?
at FRC
what happens in HIT?
paradoxical thrombosis rather than bleeding
what does botulism do?
prevents ACh release at all cholinergic receptors
what type of receptors are nicotinc ACh recetpors?
Na/K ligand-gated
what type of receptors are muscarinc ACh receptors?
G protein-coupled receptors
bcl-2 overexression in what type of CA?
follicular lymphoma
lymphocytes with cleaved cells without nucleoli:
follicular lymphoma
what does bcl-2 do?
inhibits tumor cell apoptosis
signs of estrogen excess in cirrhotic patients:
spider angiomas
palmar erythema
gynecomastia
testicular atrophy
decreased body hair
where is the inflammation in UC contained to?
mucosa
too tight shoes/leg cast do what to which nerve?
common peroneal nerve

causes:
numbness of the anterolateral leg and dorsalf oot
loud noises damage what part of the ear?
stereociliated hair cells of the organ or corti
multiple myeloma is associated with?
amyloidosis
K-1 capsular antigen seen in:
e.coli that causes neonatl meningitis
O antigen:
cell wall outer membrane PS antigen that defines GMN
why do you get recurrent n.men infections?
complement deficiencies
what do you usually see attacked during GVHD?
skin
liver
intestine