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19 Cards in this Set
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An alcoholic vomits gastric contents and evelops foul-smelling sputum--What organisms are most likely?
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-Anaerobes
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Middle-age male presents with acute-onset of monoarticular joint pain and bilateral Bell's palsy--What is the likely disease and how did he get it?
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-Lyme disease
-Ixodes tick vector |
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Patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae exhibits cryoagglutinins during recovery phase--What types of Ig are reacting?
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-IgM
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Urinalysis of patients shows WBC casts--What is the DX?
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-Pyelonephritis
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Young child presents with tetany and candidiasis. Hypocalcemia and immunosuppression are found--What cell is deficient?
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-T-cell (DiGeorge's)
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Patient presents with rose gardener's scenario (thorn prick ulcers along lymphatic drainage)--What is the infectious bug?
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-Sporothrix schenckii
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25-year-old medical student from the Midwest has a burning feeling in his gut after meals. Biopsy og gastric mucosa shows gram - rods--What is the likely organisms?
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-Heliobacter pylori
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32-year-old male has cauliflower lesions. Tissues biopsy shows broad-based budding yeasts--What is the likely organisms?
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-Blastomyces
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Breast-feeding woman suddenly develops redness and swelling of her right breast. On examination, it is found to be fluctuant mass--What is the DX?
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-Mastitis caused by S. aureus.
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Young child has recurrent lung infections and granulomatous lesions--What is the defect in neutrophils?
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-NADPH oxidase
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20-year-old college student presents with lymphadenopathy, fever, and hepatosplenomegaly. His serum agglutinates sheep red blood cells--What cell is infected?
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-B-cells (EBV; infecitous mononucleosis)
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One hour after eating custard at a picnic, a whole family began to vomit. After 10 hours, they were all right--What is the organisms?
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-S. aureus
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infant becomes flaccid after eating honey--What gram-positive rods is implicated?
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-Clostridium botulism
-Inhibited release of Ach |
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Man with squamous cell carcinoma of penis had exposure to what virus?
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-HPV
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Patient develops endocarditis 3 weeks after receiving heart valve--What organisms is suspected?
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-S. aureus or S. epidermidis
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Patients who visited Mexico presents with bloody diarrhea-What infectious form is found in stool?
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-Erythrocyte-ingesting trophozoite (Entamoeba histolytica)
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Glossy photograph of cardiac valve with cauliflower growth --DX?
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-Bacterial endocarditis
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Adolescent with cough and rusty sputum-What does Gram stain of sputum shows?
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-Gram + diplococci (Streptococcus penumoniae/pneumococci)
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HIV-positive patient with CSF showing 75 /mm^3 lymphocytes suddenly dies. Picture of yeast in meninges--DX?
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-Cryptococcal meningitis
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