Infectious Disease
Genus and species for the causative spirochete of syphilis
Treponema pallidum
Syndrome of chronic sneezing, rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, and postnasal drainage in the absence of a specific etiology
Nonallergic rhinitis (accept vasomotor rhinitis)
Medication associated with decreased incidence of colorectal cancer after 10 years of daily use
Aspirin (accept NSAIDs)
Marked hypertension with retinal hemorrhages, exudates, or papilledema
Malignant hypertension (accept pheochromocytoma or scleroderma renal crisis)
Kidney disease associated with electron microscopic findings consisting only of effacement and flattening of podocytes
Minimal change disease
Protozoa causing rapidly fatal brain infection from warm freshwater
Naegleria fowleri
Test of choice for suspected mastocytosis
Serum tryptase
Infectious agent associated with gastric MALT lymphoma
Helicobacter pylori
Medical procedure in which the pleural space is obliterated
Pleurodesis
Condition characterized by a decrease in urinary concentrating ability from resistance to antidiuretic hormone
Nephrogenic diabetes inspidus (must indicate nephrogenic)
Infection causing “rose gardener’s disease” with nodular lymphangitis
Sporothrix schenckii
Most common cause of recurrent sinopulmonary infections in adults
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID)
Eponym for autosomal dominant colonic polyposis syndrome associated with non-gastrointestinal tumors
Gardner syndrome (accept familial colorectal polyposis)
Technique in which respiratory gases are exchanged external to the body
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (accept ECMO or extracorporeal life support)
Types of renal tubular acidosis associated with hypokalema
Type 1 (distal) and type 2 (proximal)
Principal animal reservoir host for Ehrlichia chaffeensis
White tail deer (accept deer)
Most common non-gastrointestinal autoimmune disorder associated with dermatitis herpetiformis
Autoimmune thyroid disease (accept either hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism)
Historic term for neutropenic enterocolitis affecting the cecum
Typhlitis (accept Typhlenteritis)
Treatment of patients with smoke inhalation that do not require intubation
100% inspired oxygen
Ethnic group with highest incidence of IgA nephropathy
Asians and Caucasians (either)
Historical term for cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis
Scrofula
Name of the acute drug reaction following administration of piperacillin
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
Tumor with “fried-egg” cells + 1p/19q codeletion
Oligodendroglioma
Neurogenic shock distinguishing hemodynamic feature
Bradycardia
Triad of hematuria + flank pain + left varicocele
Nutcracker syndrome