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Pharyngeal gray pseudomembrane
Diptheria
Koplik spots- grains of sand on an erythematous base (blue-white buccal lesions).

DX?
Measles (Rubeola)
Gram (+), encapsulated, box-shaped rods in chains
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Intracytoplasmic inclusions ("owl's eyes") on tissue biopsy.
"Pizza pie" (neovascularization with proliferation) on fundo exam. or "brushfire" appearance in an HIV pt
DX?
CMV
"floppy baby syndrome"
Botulism
Rose spots after initial infection symptoms.

(+) Widal agglutination test
Typhoid fever
"whirlpool" of intraluminal worms on KUB
Ascariasis
Pear-shaped trophozoites with 2 nuclei and 4 flagella
Giardia
Multiple ring-enhancing lesions of brain CT or MRI in an HIV pt or pregnant woman who ownes a cat
Toxoplasmosis
(+) heterophil antibodies
Mononucleosis

mono-spot test
Negri bodies on brain tissue
Rabies
Vesicular rash at different stages.
"dew drops on a rose petal"
Chicken pox (Varicella)
Coral red fluorescence with Wood's lamp
Erythrasma
Encapsulated organisms on India Ink
Cryptococcus neoformans
"Fungus ball" on CXR, or may show a "halo sign"
Aspergillus fumigatus pneumonia
Cafe au lait spots and rubbery skin nodules
Neurofibromatosis
(+) scotch tape test
Pinworms
Clear vulvar vesicles, ingunal LAD, Tzank smear- giant multinucleated cells.

DX?
Herpes virus
Acetowhitening is used to make these lesions more visible
condylomata acuminata (anorectal warts from from HVP)
Sandpaper rash, circumoral pallor, strawberry tongue, pastia's lines and positive ASO titer.

DX?
Scarlet fever (Group A strep)
Painless, black escar with red, pearly edge
Cutaneous anthrax
due to exposure to wool
CXR shows widened mediastinum due to perihilar LAD and hemorrhagic lymphadenitis
Inhalation anthrax
"rice water stool"- gray, turbid, and without odor, blood, or pus
Cholera from Vibrio cholerae
Fever in a returning traveler with just abdominal pain first. Then develops "pea soup" diarrhea, "rose spots" may develop.

Fever, N/V, bloody diarrhea that begins 8-48hrs after eating.
Typhoid fever (enteric fever) caused by Salmonella typhi

Gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella typhimurium
Presents as bloddy diarrhea, associated with day care outbreaks.
Dysentery caused by Shigella sp
Hyperplastic prickle cells w/ excess keratin in skin warts.
Koilocytotic or vacuolated squamous epithelial cells in clumps on PAP smear of cervical warts.
DX?
HPV
What is Hutchinson's sign?
What condition does it indicate?
Vesicles on the tip of the nose indicating HSV infection
How is AIDS defined?

Screening test?
Confirmatory test?
CD4 count less than 200

ELISA to screen
Western blot to confirm
Peds pt has a rash that is red, with well defined margins, pustules, vesicles may be seen with "satellite lesions"
Diaper dermatitis from Candida
MC opportunistic infection in HIV disease
PCP (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia)
Pt has a flat or slightly raised red lesion that expands over several days, with a central clearing ("bull's eye")

DX?
Erythema migrans due to Lyme disease
caused by Borrelia burgdorfi
A hiker presents with a macular rash that started at the wrists and ankles, now has moved up his extremities and trunk.

DX?
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

due to Rickettsia rickettsii
Pain/swelling in front and below ear. a boy may develop orchitis.

DX?
Mumps ("parotitis")
Abrupt onset of fever for 4 days, fever goes away and a pink, macular rash appears.

DX?
Roseola infantum
Non-specific respiratory symptoms and a maculopapular erythematous rash that begins on the face and progresses to the toes.

DX?
Rubella ("German measles")
Cough, coryza, and conjuctivitis.

DX?
Rubeola ("Measles")
Argyll Robertson pupil (reacts to light but does not accommodate).

DX?
Late (tertiary) syphilis
Diarrhea after hiking/drinking from a stream

DX?
Giardia lamblia

"beaver fever"
Food poisoning after eating reheated rice.

DX?
Bacillus cereus
"slapped cheek" disease
5th disease (Erythema infectiosum) due to parvovirus B19
Baby paralyzed after eating honey

DX?
Botulism (Clostridum botulinum)
Cellulities after a dog/cat bite

DX?
Pasteurella multocida
Infection linked to bird poop exposure along the Ohio River Valley area. Causes disseminated dz in AIDS/immunocomp pts
Histoplasmosis
MCC of fungal meningitis; common in AIDS/immunocomp pts
Cryptococcus