Bacteria
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Virus
Random!
100
The wool sorter's disease, a life threatening pneumonia with cough, fever, malaise, and ultimately facial edema, dyspnea, diaphoresis, cyanosis, and shock with mediastinal hemorrhagic lymphadenitis and widening.
What is Bacillus Anthracis?
100
What is Coccoides Immitis?
100
Free-living amebae picked up while swimming or diving in very warm fresh water, like lakes; can contaminate water supplies, so can be associated with nasal irrigation systems and contact lens solution
What is Naegleria Fowleri?
100
Transmission: Fecal-oral route; NSP4 toxin-mediated, which increases Cl permeability
What is Rotavirus?
100
what is klebsiella pneumoniae? 
200
Risus sardonicus or evil grin from lock jaw
What is Clostridium Tetani?
200
Forms pseudo-hyphae and budding yeast at 20 degrees C and germ tubes-hyphae molds at 37 degrees.
What is Candida Albicans?
200
the oocysts in the stool stain acid fast, biopsy shows dots in intestinal glands that are nice and round
What is Cryptosporidium?
200
has potential to be biowarfare agent, has Guarnieri bodies which is the site of viral replication
what is pox virus? 
200
hydrolyzes hippurate, CAMP+, catalase -, beta hemolytic
what is streptococcus agalactiae? 
300
Presents as influenza-like disease and GI tract symptoms, Weil Disease , as well as conjunctival suffusion; can progress on to affect multiple organs by hematogenous spread and renal failure.
What is Leptospira Interrogans?
300
Bronco-alveolar lavage. Methamine silver stain of tissue will reveal disc shaped yeast
What is Pneumocystis Jiroveci?
300
diagnosis: ova have characteristic subterminal and lateral spine
what is schistosoma hematobium?
300
Causes pulmonary edema via capillary leak and pre-renal azotemia and hemorrhagic fever
what is Hantavirus?
300
gastroenteritis; common cause of infectious diarrhea worldwide, but most common in the US; causes 10 or more bloody diarrhea a day. abdominal pain, fever, malaise, nausea, and vomiting
what is campylobacter jejuni?
400
Presents with HA, meningitis and encephalopathy, extreme fatigue, conjunctivitis, palpitations, arrhythmias, myocarditis, pericarditis, migratory arthritis – most common in the knees.
What stage is this and what bacteria causes this specific disease?
What is Stage 3 of Lyme Disease from Borrelia Burgdorferi?
400
Heavily encapsulated. Capsule contains repeating polysaccharide capsular antigens that are its main virulence factor. Bronchopulmonary washings of lung tissue
What is Cryptococcus Neoformans?
400
Transmission: Chrysops mango flies
What is LOA LOA?
400
Pharyngoconjunctivitis, causes swimming pool conjunctivitis, pink eye; also presents with fever, sore throat, corysa, and red eyes; nonpurulent
what is adenovirus?
400
ulceroglandular disease where the bacteria gets into an ulcer and enters the lymphatic system to cause a granulomatous response
what is francisella tularensis?
500
Regan-Lowe or Bordet-Gengou media
What is used for diagnosis of Bordatella Pertussis?
500
wide angled branching (90 degrees) and non-septated hyphae
what is Mucormycosis?
500
Clinical findings include fever, vomiting, and periorbital edema. Causes inflammation of the muscle leading to myalgias, splinter hemorrhages present.
What is trichinella Spiralis?
500
Associated with cryoglobulins- serum proteins containing immunoglobulins (mostly IgM) that precipitated out in cooler temps
What is hepatitis C?
500
diagnosis: Skin snips from calabar swellings under a microscope
hint- itchy “leopard” rash
what is onchocerca volvulus?
(“microscope behind the evolved fly scientist”) 