What is the most common cause of conductive hearing loss?
What is Cerumen impaction
Pt presents with inflammation and painful, boggy nodules of the scalp that drain pus. What is your diagosis?
What is Kerion
Which bacteria is often implicated in Otitis Externa?
What is Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Which relationship is described as one organism benefiting and the other not being harmed or benefited?
What is commensalism
Pt comes to the office after a hiking trip. They have developed deep red papules on their wrists spreading to their hands. They also have complaints of headaches. What is your likely diagnosis?
What is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
A patient presents with vertigo, hearing loss, and fevers. He recently had a cold. What is your suspected diagnosis?
What is labyrinthitis
DAILY DOUBLE
Pt presents with intertrigo that has satellite pustulosis and is pruritic, tender, and painful. What is the likely etiology?
What is candida albicans.
Which bacteria is often the culprit of type 2 necrotizing soft tissue infections?
What is Group A Strep (GAS)
What bacteria is often suspected in dental caries?
Streptococcus mutans
Pt presents with red linear streaks and palpable lymphatic cords extending proximally. What is your treatment plan?
What is systemic antibiotics
18 month old girl presents with fever, pulling at the ears, and a red, bulging tympanic membrane. What is your first line treatment?
What is Amoxicillin
Pt presents with chronic well-demarcated macules/patches w/ round/oval shaped and variable size. The pigmentation is variable. It is asymptomatic. What is your treatment?
What is selenium sulfide lotion/shampoo or ketoconazole lotion?
A solider presents with ulcers with thick adherent crusts on their leg. What is the likely etiology?
What is group A beta-hemolytic strep
What prevents flora from establishing on the eye?
What is lysozyme
Pt presents with sudden onset of bright red, edematous, indurated plaque on their face that is intensely painful. What is your treatment?
What is Penicillin's?
A patient presents with gradual, unilateral SNHL. She has also had trouble with her balance recently. What is the best initial screening test for the suspected diagnosis?
What is histology of nail clippings
A patient presents with a papule demonstrating erythema migrans pattern. What is the bacteria involved in this infection?
What is Borrelia spirochetes
Name 4 bacteria that are common in the upper respiratory tract and also implicated in ear infections
What is Haemophilus (H.flu), Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat), Strep pneumoniae, and Staph aureus
A patient presents with conductive hearing loss, ear fullness, and headaches. A growth of white granulation tissue is noted behind the TM upon physical examination. What is the pathophysiology behind this growth?
What is poor ventilation of the canal
Pt presents with erythematous scaling, sharply marginated annular plaques w/ peripheral enlargement and central clearing. How does this appear under a woods lamp?
What is no fluorescence.
A patient presents with an infection of the nose and throat with gray membrane bleeds. The disease they have is preventable by vaccination. Which bacteria is the suspect? (Good luck)
What is corynebacterium diphtheriae
DAILY DOUBLE
Which bacteria can survive in the stomach acid that can also resist phagocytosis?
What is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB)
What is vermillion border