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DIT micro by systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |