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DIT micro by systems
Question | Answer |
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food poisoning as a result of mayonnaise sitting out too long | Staph aureus |
diarrhea caused by gram neg nonmotile organism that does not ferment lactose | shigella |
rice water stools | vibrio cholera |
diarrhea caused by a C or S shaped organism | campylobacter |
diarrhea transmitted from pet feces | yersinia |
food poisoning resulting from reheated rice (chinese food) | B. cereus |
diarrhea caused by gram neg motile organism that doesn't ferment lactose | salmonella |
most common cause of travelers' diarrhea | ETEC |
diarrhea after a course of abx | C diff |
diarrhea caused by gram neg lactose fermenting bacteria, no fever | EColi |
diarrhea caused by gram neg comma shaped organism, no fever | virbrio cholera |
diarrhea plus recent ingestion of water from a stream | entamoeba, giardia |
food poisoning from undercooked hamburger | E coli |
common cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised pts | pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP)_ |
most common cause of atypical/walking pneumonia | mycoplasma |
most common fungal infection of the lung in the texas/gulf coastal region | histoplasma |
common causative agent for pneumonia in alcoholics | strep pneumoniae |
can cause an interstitial pneumonia in bird handlers | chlamydia psittaci |
often the cause of pneumonia in a pt with a history of exposure to bats and bat droppings | histoplasma |
fungal cause of pneumonia in a pt who has recently visited south california, NM, or W Tx | coccidioides |
pneumonia a/w current jelly sputum | klebsiella |
Q fever | coxiella |
a/w pneumonia acquired from air conditioners | legionella |
most common cause of pneumonia in children 1 year old or younger | RSV |
most common cause of pneumonia in the neonate | GBS, E Coli |
most common cuase of pneuumonia in children and young adults (including college kids, military, and prisoners) | mycoplasma pneumonia |
common cause of pneumonia in pts with other health problems | Klebsiella |
most common cause of viral pneumonia | RSV |
causes of wool-sorter's disease (a life-threatening pneumonia) | anthrax |
endogenous flora in 20% of adults | strep pneumoniae |
Common bacterial cause of COPD exacerbation | H. flu |
Common pneumonia in ventilator pts and those with cystic fibrosis | pseudomonas |
Pontiac fever | legionella |
helpatosplenomegal, elevated LTs, hemolytic anemia, jaundice, rash followed by desquamation of hands and feet, snuffles, metaphyseal dystrophy and periostitis | early manifestations of congenital syphillis |
hutchinson teeth, saddle nose deformity, frontal bossing, saber shins | late manifestations of congenital syphillis |
young pubertal girl with low PH and WBCs in her vaginal discharge | physiologic discharge |
cottage cheese vaginal discharge with low pH. KOH shows budding yeast pseudohyphae. | candidiasis |
irritating itchy strawberry cervix with increased pH in vaginal discharge | trichomonas |
smelly, greenish discharge with clue cells and increased pH | bacterial vaginosis |
adolescent with cough and rusty sputum. What does the gram stain show? | G+ diplo cocci (st pneumo) |
HIV pt with CD4=250 has signs of meningitis. heavily encapsulated organism | cryptococcus |
older male with bloody urine and renal stones. What organism caused the stones? | proteus mirabilis |
50 yo pt recovering from abdominal surgery. Now he has a fever of 100. Why? | E Coli or Proteus invaded his catheter. |