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Bacterial Valve Disease i.e. IE
A Bit on Blood Bits
Microbiology
Other
100
This type of transient valve disease may be seen in acute rheumatic fever.
What is mitral regurgitation?
100
A) This is one cause of decreased platelet production. B) This is the neoplastic disease that leads to overproduction of platelets.
A) What is any kind of leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome, decreased thrombopoietin, Bernard-Soulier syndrome, or others? B) What is essential thrombocythemia?
100
Leptospirosis outbreaks have been seen in Australia following what type of event?
What is flooding?
100
This type of lymphoma is commonly found in African countries and traditionally includes a mass in this part of the body.
What is the African/Endemic form of Burkitt's lymphoma that commonly involves the jaw.
200
This is the most common permanent valve disease as a result of rheumatic fever. The valve disease leads to this major complication.
What is mitral stenosis leading to infective endocarditis?
200
These are three causes of microcytic anemia of red blood cells.
What are thalassemia, Fe deficiency anemia, and anemia of chronic illness?
200
This highly-virulent organism is the most common bacteria to infect previously healthy valves.
What is S. aureus?
200
This atopic disease tends to be found on flexor surfaces.
What is atopic dermatitis aka eczema?
300
This type of murmur would be heard with aortic stenosis.
What is a systolic murmur with a crescendo-decrescendo pattern.
300
This is the likely diagnosis in a patient who presents with pallor, glossitis, and fatigue following a partial gastrectomy.
What is B12 deficient anemia or pernicious anemia?
300
This low-virulent organism is the most likely bacterial cause of IE on damaged valves?
What is S. viridans?
300
Anti-histamines target this type of receptor.
What are H1 histamine receptors?
400
This is the probable antibiotic treatment for IE that manifests on a previously damaged valve?
What is penicillin? (Strep viridans is the organism most likely to cause IE on a damaged valve)
400
This type of leukemia is associated with the Philadelphia chromosome.
What is CML?
400
This type of fungus/group of fungi cause skin infections including athlete's foot that manifest over weeks and take weeks to resolve with topical antifungal treatment?
What is tinea/dermatophytes?
400
This type of skin cancer may present as an ulcerated nodule with peripheral telangectasia (visible blood vessels).
What is BCC?
500
These are the 5 major Jones criteria for diagnosing rheumatic fever (name 2-3).
What are rheumatoid arthritis, pancarditis, subcutaneous skin nodules, erythema marginatum, Sydenham's chorea.
500
A) This type of heart disease is the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes. B) This type of cardiomyopathy is likely to lead to mitral and tricuspid regurgitations.
A) What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? B) What is dilated cardiomyopathy?
500
This infection commonly found on the lower limbs presents with an erythematous, edematous rash and in the absence of skin laceration or wounds is likely due to this microorganism.
What is S. pyogenes? (If there is a wound then it is likely S. aureus)
500
These are the differentiating factors between Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu arteritis.
What are younger patients and involvement of the aortic-great vessel junctions in Takayasu?