Viruses
Viruses that have the potential for latency.
What are the herpesviridae family? (HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, EBV, CMV)
Organism that is commonly tested for β-lactamase production.
What is Haemophilus influenzae?
Remnants of eosinophils in the stool of some patients with an intestinal parasite infection.
What are Charcot-Leyden crystals?
One of the primary opportunistic infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
What is Pneumocystis jirovecii?
Toxin that is part of the cell wall and is released when the bacteria is lysed.
What is an endotoxin?
Three DNA viruses that infect humans.
What are HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, Adenovirus, HPV, Parvovirus B19?
Two classes of antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis.
What are aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, macrolides and clindamycin?
These two species exhibit Schüffner dots and infect young, immature RBCs.
What are Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium vivax?
Production of broad, ribbon-like hyphae with rhizoids are seen in this genus.
What is Rhizopus?
The total colony count on a urine plated with a 0.01ul loop and showing 47 colonies of growth.
What is 4700 CFU/ml?
Two viruses that cause congenital infections.
What are Rubella virus and CMV?
This encodes penicillin-binding protein 2a and oxacillin resistance.
What is the mecA gene in staphylococci?
A key characteristic of the smallest tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus.
What are hydatid cysts?
Tinea capitis is caused by
What is Trichophyton tonsurans?
Atypical pneumonia most commonly seen in children and young adults known as "walking pneumonia".
What is Mycoplasma pneumoniae?
Type of virus that does not need to carry polymerases.
What are +ssRNA viruses?
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing isolates should be considered resistant to:
What are Cephalosporins, penicillins, and aztreonam?
Can be seen in sputum and bronchial lavage specimens when patients are hyperinfected.
What is Strongyloides stercoralis?
These are the highly infectious form of Coccidioides immitis.
What are arthroconidia?
The most commonly isolated nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) causing pulmonary infections resembling TB.
What is Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)?
The primary marker for diagnosis during the “core window” of acute hepatitis B virus infection.
What is Anti-HBc?
Susceptibility profile that prompts D-zone testing for S. aureus or β-hemolytic streptococci.
What is erythromycin-resistant and clindamycin-susceptible?
This nonpathogenic ameba often contains a glycogen vacuole with a single large karyosome.
What is Iodamoeba bütschlii?
The most common fungal cause of ear infections.
What is Aspergillus niger?
A gram-positive bacillus that is a common cause of food poisoning that is mild/self-limiting and associated with fried rice.
What is Bacillus cereus?