Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Alcoholic vomits gastric contents and develops foul smelling sputum. What organisms are most likely?
|
Anaerobes
|
|
|
Middle aged male presents with acute onset mono articular joint pain and bilateral Bell's Palsy. What is the likely disease and how did he get it?
|
Lyme disease
Bite from Ixodes tick |
|
|
UA of patient shows WBC casts. What is the diagnosis?
|
Pyelonephritis
|
|
|
Patient presents with "rose gardener scenario" Thorn prick with ulcers along lymphatic drainage. What is the infectious bug?
|
Sporothrix Schenckii
|
|
|
25 year old medical student has a burning feeling in his gut after meals. Biopsy of gastric mucosa shows gram negative rods. What is the likely organism?
|
Helicobacter pylori
|
|
|
32 year old male has "cauliflower" skin lesions. Tissue biopsy shows broad based budding yeast. What is the likely organism?
|
Blastomyces
|
|
|
Breast feeding woman suddenly develops redness and swelling on her right breast. On examination it is found to be a fluctuant mass. What is the diagnosis?
|
Mastitis caused by S. Aureus
|
|
|
20 year old college student presents with lymphadenopathy, fever, and hepatosplenomegaly. His serum aggultinates sheep RBCs. What cell is infected?
|
B-Cell,
EBV, infectious mononucleosis |
|
|
3 hours after eating custard at a picnic a whole family began to vomit. after 10 hours they were better. What is the organism?
|
S. aureus
Preformed enterotoxin |
|
|
Infant becomes flaccid after eating honey. What organism is implicated, and what is the mechanism of action?
|
Clostridium botulinum
Inhibited the release of ACh |
|
|
Man presents with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis. He had exposure to what virus?
|
HPV
|
|
|
Patient develops endocarditis 3 weeks after receiving a prosthetic heart valve. What organism is suspected?
|
S. epidermidis
|
|
|
55 year old man who is a smoker and a heavy drinker presents with a new cough and flu like symptoms. Gram stain shows no organism; silver stain of sputum show gram negative rods. What is the diagnosis?
|
Legionella pneumonia
|
|
|
After taking clindamycin, patient develops toxic megacolon and diarrhea. What is the mechanism of diarrhea?
|
Clostridium difficile overgrowth
|
|
|
25 year old man presents with 3 days of fever, chills, and a painful swollen knee. What is the diagnosis and causative agent?
|
Septic arthritis
N. gonorrhoeae |
|
|
19 year old female college student presents with vaginal itching and a thick curdy discharge. What is the causative agent?
|
Candida albicans
|
|
|
30 year old woman returns from a camping trip and complains of watery diarrhea and cramps. What is the causative agent?
|
Giardia lamblia
|
