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37 Cards in this Set
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How do you treat neonatal meningitis and what bugs are you covering |
Ampicillin and Gentamicin Group B Strep, E coli, Listeria |
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Gram positive cocci in chains |
Streptococci |
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Gram positive cocci in clusters |
Staphylococci |
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Gram positive cocci in pairs (diplococci) |
Strep pneumoniae |
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Gram negative coccobacilli (small rods) |
Haemophilus sp |
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Gram neg diplococci |
Neisseria sp or moraxella |
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Plump gram negative rod with thick capsule (mucoid appearance) |
Klebsiella sp |
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Gram positive rods that form spores |
Clostridium sp Bacillus sp |
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Pseudohyphae |
Candida sp |
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Acid fast organisms |
Mycobacterium Nocardia |
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Gram positive with sulfur granules |
Actinomyces |
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Silver staining |
PCP and cat scratch disease |
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Positive India Ink (thick capsule) |
Cryptoccocus neoformans |
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Spirochete |
Treponema (seen on dark field microscopy) Leptospira (seen on dark field microscopy) Borrelia (seen on regular light microscope) |
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Which pneumonia shows a cold-agglutinin antibody titre (can cause hemolysis or anemia) |
Mycoplasma pneumonia |
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How do you treat sporothrix schenckii |
Itroconazole |
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How do you treat aspergillus |
Voriconazole |
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What should you consider for a patient with silicosis who presents with pneumonia |
Tuberculosis |
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What bug can cause squamous cell bladder cancer |
Schistosoma haematobium |
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What should you consider in a slaughterhouse worker who presents with fever |
Brucellosis |
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What should you consider if someone presents with fever, muscle pain, eosinophilia, and periorbital edema after eating raw meat |
Trichinella spiralis (trichinosis) |
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What is one of the early or late complications of measles |
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis |
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How do you recognize measles |
Koplik spots (in mouth) High fever Cough Runny nose Conjunctivitis Maculopapular rash |
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How do you recognize rubella in children |
Milder than measles Low grade fever malaise swelling of suboccipital and postauricular nodes Arthralgias Faint maculopapular rash |
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What causes roseola (fever followed by rash) |
Herpes virus 6 |
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What are the Centor criteria |
Strep throat-- 3 of 4 are required Fever Tonsillar exudate Tender anterior cervical lymphadenopathy Lack of cough |
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What is lemierres syndrome |
Thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein, due to fusobacterium, an ora anaerobe |
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What does the presence of RBCs in CSF without a history of trauma is highly suggestive of what |
HSV encephalitis |
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If you want to evaluate a HIV viral load, what do you look at |
p24 antigen |
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What causes pseudohyphae with budding yeast |
Candida |
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What causes 45 degreee angle branching septate hyphae with rare fruiting bodies |
Aspergillus |
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What has small yeast with capusular halo, with narrow based unequal budding |
Cryptococcus |
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What causes irregular broad hyphae with wide angle branching |
Mucor |
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What presents with fever, malaise, weight loss, pancytopneia, hepatosplenomegaly, and palatal ulcers |
Disseminated hisoplasmosis (treat with liposomal amphotericin B) |
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What shows up as foamy macrophages with acid fast bacilli and increased serum alk phosphatase |
Mycobacterium avium complex Treat with clarithromycin |
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What is the first line chemoprophylaxis against chloroquine-resistant malaria |
Mefloquine |
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What is anthrax caused by |
Spore forming gram + bacterium bacillus anthracis Treat with ciprofloxacin |
