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Term
What is the site of endotoxin? What kind of bacteria is this present in?
Definition
the outer membrane has endotoxin (LPS), the active componenent of which is lipid A, present in Gram negatives
Term
What is the periplasm and what does it contain?
Definition
site between outer membrane and cell wall in gram negatives, has hydrolytic enzymes - beta lactamases
Term
What part of the bacteria mediates adherence to surfaces?
Definition
the glycocalyx (staphylococcus epidermidis)
Term
What part of the cell wall is specific to gram positives?
Definition
teichoic acid
Term
Which bacteria are the gram positive cocci?
Definition
staphylococcus and streptococcus
Term
Which bacteria are the gram negative cocci?
Definition
Neisseria
Term
Which bacteria are gram positive rods?
Definition
clostridium, corynebacterium, bacillus, listeria and mycobacteria
Term
Which bacteria are the filamentous rods?
Definition
Actinomyces (graveyard - molar tooth colonies) and Nocardia (acid fast)
Term
What bacteria are pleomorphic? (has various distinct forms)
Definition
Rickettsiae and Chlamydia
Term
Which bacteria are the spirochetes?
Definition
Borrelia, Treponema, Leptospira
Term
Which bacteria can be visualized by darkfield microscopy and flourescent antibody staining?
Definition
Treponema pallidum (syphilis causing!)
Term
What bacteria can be visualized with a giemsa stain?
Definition
borrelia, plasmodium, trypanosomes, and chlamydia
Term
What does a periodic acid-Schiff stain (PAS) do?
Definition
stains glycogen and mucopolysaccharides to dx Whipple's disease (Tropheryma whippelii)
Term
What does a Zeihl-Neelsen stain detect?
Definition
acid fast organisms (nocardia and mycobacterium)
Term
What two kinds of stains can be used for cryptococcus neoformans?
Definition
india ink and mucicarmine (would stain thick capsule red)
Term
What things can be visualized with a silver stain?
Definition
fungi (pneumocystis) and Legionella
Term
What bacteria can be isolated on Chocolate agar with factors V and X?
Definition
H influenzae
Term
What bacteria can be isolated on thayer-martin (VPN)
 agar and what does this agar have in it?
Definition
N. gonorrheae; has vancomycin, polymyxin and nystatin
Term
What bacteria is isolated on bordet-gengou agar?
Definition
b. pertussis
Term
What bacteria is isolated on tellurite plates and loffler's media?
Definition
c diphtheriae
Term
What agar can be used to culture M. tuberculosis?
Definition
Lowenstein-Jensen Agar
Term
What bacteria can be isolated on Eaton's agar?
Definition
M. pneumoniae
Term
What happens to lactose-fermenting enterics on MacConkey's agar?
Definition
they ferment, producing acid which turns the plate pink
Term

Which bacteria is shown on EMB agar as blue-black colonies with metallic sheen?

 

 

Definition
E. coli
Term
Which bacteria can be isolated on charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with cysteine?
Definition
Legionella
Term
What are fungi cultured on?
Definition
sabourad's agar
Term
Which bacteria are the obligate aerobes?
Definition
Nagging (Nocardia), Pests (Pseudomonas), Must (Mycobacterium), Breath (Bacillus)
Term
What do bacteria with capsules have that others dont?
Definition
A positive quelling reaction (they're capsules swell when capsule anti-sera are added)
Term
What are the urease positive bugs?
Definition
Klebsiella, Proteus, Helicobacter, Ureaplasma
Term
What bacteria secrete IgA protease and why?
Definition
Neisseria, S Pneumoniae, and H influenzae do so they can colonize respiratory mucosa
Term
What does the m protein secreted by Group A Strep do?
Definition
helps prevent phagocytosis
Term
What are superantigens released by and what do they do?
Definition
released by staph aureus and strep pyogenes, bind MHC II and T-cell receptors directly to induce IFN-gamma and IL-2
Term
What exotoxin causes toxic shock syndrome and what exotoxin causes toxic shock like syndrome?
Definition
TSST-1, scarlet-fever-erythrogenic toxin
Term
What does corynebacterium diptheriae cause a pseudomembrane in the throat and pharyngitis?
Definition
because it inactivates EF-2
Term
How does vibrio cholerae cause the rice water stools?
Definition
it upregulates cAMP by adp-ribosylating g protein, causing mass Na and Cl movement into the gut, water follows
Term
What two toxins does E Coli have and what do they stimulate?
Definition
heat-labile toxin stimulats adenylate cyclase, and heat-stable toxin stimulates guanylate cyclase
Term
What does Bordetella pertussis do besides causing whooping cough?
Definition
inhibits chemokine receptor causing lymphocytosis
Term
What bacteria has a toxin that blocks the release of acetylcholine?
Definition
C. botulinum
Term
What bacteria has a toxin that is itself an adenylate cyclase?
Definition
B. anthrax (edema toxin)
Term

Of the gram positive cocci, you have the catalase positive (1) and catalase negative (2), of the catalase postiive there are coagulase positive (3) and coagulase negatives (4), of the coagualase negatives there are novobiocin sensitive (5) and novobiocin resistant (6)

 

Definition

(1) staphylococcus

(2) streptococcus

(3) staphylococcus aureus

(4) staphylococcus epidermidis, staphylococcus saphrophyticus

(5) staphyloccus epidermitis

(6) staphylococcus saphrophyticus

Term
Of your catalase negative gram positive cocci, you have those that undergo alpha hemolysis (1), which can be either optochin sensitive (2) or optochin resistant (3); then you have your beta hemolysis (4) which can be either bacitracin sensitive (5) or bacitracine resistant (6)...
Definition

(1) streptococcus pneumoniae and streptococcus mitans

(2) streptococcus pneumoniae

(3) streptococcus mitans

(4) streptococcus pyogenes and streptococcus agalactiae

(5) streptococcus pyogenes

(6) streptococcus agalactiae (CAMP test)

Term
Which catalase negative gram positive cocci have no hemolysis?
Definition
enterococcus faecalis (at the tae kwon do studio getting kicked in the butt)
Term
What do alpha hemolytic bacteria look like on blood agar?
Definition
form green ring around colonies
Term
What do beta-hemolytic bacteria look like on blood agar?
Definition
form a clear ring around colony on blood agar...
Term
What does the catalase negative, alpha hemolytic gram positive cocci that is optochin sensitive cause?
Definition
MOPS - meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia and sinusitis (it's strep pneumo)
Term
What gram positive cocci is catalase negative, alpha hemolytic and optochin resistant? What does it cause?
Definition
Strep mutans, dental caries
Term
What does the CAMP factor produced by S agalactiae do?
Definition
enlarges the area of hemolysis made by S aureus
Term

What is important about Enterococci?

 

Definition
They're penicillin G resistant and cause UTI and subacute endocarditis
Term
Which streptococcus can cause subacute endocarditits in colon cancer patients?
Definition
Streptococcus bovis
Term
What needs to be done to kill spores?
Definition
steam at 121 degrees celcius for 5 minutes
Term
What is the method of action of tetanospasmin (the toxin produced by Clostridium tetani)?
Definition
blocks glycine and GABA release (inhibitory neurotransmitters) from Renshaw cells in the spinal cord, which leads to spastic paralysis, trismus and risus sardonicus
Term
What is characteristic about Listeria?
Definition
tumbling motility! also form actin rockets to move from cell to cell
Term
What are the treatments for actinomyces and nocardia?
Definition
sulfa for no and penicillin for act (SNAP)
Term
What does actinomyces cause? Nocardia?
Definition
facial abscesses that drain through the sinus tract (acid slow, molar tooth colonies, yellow granules); pulmonary infection in IC patients (acid fast)
Term
Which gram negatives rods are lactose fermenting (and therefore pink on MacConkey Agar)? Why?
Definition
E Coli, Enterobacter, Klebsiella; beta-galactosidase
Term
What are gram negatives resistant to and why?
Definition
Penicillin and Vancomycin; gram negative outer membrane layer inhibits entry
Term
What are the E Coli virulence factors and what do they cause?
Definition
fimbriae - cystitis and pyelonephritis, K capsule - pneumonia, neonatal meningitis, LPS endotoxin - septic shock
Term
What does EPEC E Coli usually cause?
Definition
adheres to apical surface, flattens villae, causes diarrhea usually in children
Term
What is unique about EHEC?
Definition
doesn't ferment sorbitol, but does cause hemolytic uremic syndrome (triad of anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure)
Term
When does Klebsiella cause lobar pneumonia?
Definition
in alcoholics and diabetics when it's aspirated, red currant jelly sputum is also associated, nosocomial UTIs
Term
What is Salmonella typhi and what does it cause?
Definition
Gram negative rod that is a non lactose fermenter but makes sulfur, causes typhoid fever - fever/diarrhea/headache/rose spots on abdomen
Term
What gram negative bacteria grows at 42 degrees celcius, is comma/s-shaped and oxidase positive?
Definition
Campylobacter jejuni
Term
What gram negative oxidase positive bacteria causes rice-water diarrheae, grows in alkaline media, and is comma shaped?
Definition
Vibrio cholerae
Term
A patient has been having pain during meals so you decide to do a urease breath test to test for...
Definition
Helicobacter pylori
Term
If a patient has H pylori infection with ulcers what do you treat them with?
Definition
triple therapy - two antibiotics plus bismuth or omeprazole
Term
Which spirochete can be visualized by using aniline dyes (Giemsa or Wright's Stain)?
Definition
Borrelia
Term
A surfer comes in with a fever of 102, headache, jaundice and his stomach hurts. He says that he's seen stray dogs running up and down the beach at his secret spot. You culture a question mark shaped bacteria and realize he's infected with...
Definition
Leptospira interogans
Term
A patient comes in with a target shaped rash on their leg. They tell you that they've been feeling tired in general and a "little bit feverish" the last couple of days. You decide to treat them with...
Definition
ceftriaxone and doxycycline because they have Lyme Disease
Term
What is the treatment for syphilis?
Definition
Penicillin G
Term
If a patient has a false positive test for syphilis, what combination of tests do you have?
Definition
positive RPR/VDR-L with negative FTA-ABS
Term
A baby is born with deafness and malformed teeth, what do you suspect they were infected with in the womb?
Definition
Syphilis
Term
What tick can you get Lyme disease from?
Definition
Ixodes
Term
What bacteria can give you undulant fever?
Definition
Brucella! comes from unpastuerized dairy products
Term
What bacteria is associated with gray, fishy smelling vaginal discharge, that will have clue cells visible under a microscope?
Definition
Gardnerella vaginalis
Term
What is a weil-felix reaction?
Definition
detects Rickettsia infection, antirickettsial antibodies cross react with proteus O antigens and agglutinate
Term
What will be seen in the lab diagnosis of Chlamydia?
Definition
cytoplasmic inclusions on Giemsa stain or flourescent anti-body stained smear
Term
A patient comes in and says they haven't been feeling so good the past week but it's not getting in the way of their job, but then when you do a chest x-ray you see diffuse interstitial inflitrate, so you do a test for cold agglutinins and the RBCs agglutinate like you expect, what do they have?
Definition
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (walking pneumonia)
Term
What organism can cause river blindness (transmitted by black flies and has "black" hyperpigmented skin nodules)?
Definition
Onchocerca volvulus
Term
What worm can actually be seen crawling in the patient's conjunctiva?
Definition
Loa loa, treat with carbamazepine
Term
What are the enveloped DNA viruses?
Definition
herpesviruses, HBV, smallpox
Term
What are the DNA nucleocapsid viruses?
Definition
adenovirus, papillomavirus, and parvovirus
Term
What are your RNA enveloped viruses?
Definition
influenza, parainfluenza, RSV, measles, mumps, rubella, rabies, HTLV and HIV
Term
What are your RNA nucleocapsid viruses?
Definition
enteroviruses, rhinovirus and rheovirus
Term
What are the herpesviruses?
Definition
HSV 1 and 2, VZV, CMV, EBV, HHV 6- 8
Term
What do HSV 1 and 2 cause?
Definition
1 - oral lesions, keratoconjunctivitis; 2 - genital lesions and sometimes oral
Term
What do HHV 6 - 8 cause?
Definition
6 is roseola subitum, 7 is clinically insignificant, and 8 is Kaposi's Sarcoma
Term
what is in the hepadnavirus family?
Definition
HBV - causes acute and chronic, has a vaccine with surface antigen, has rev transcriptase but not a retrovirus
Term
What does adenovirus cause?
Definition
fibrile pharyngitis, conjunctivits (pink eye) and pneumonia
Term
What all can parvovirus cause?
Definition
aplastic crisis in adults with sickle cell, other was RBC aplasia and RA like symptoms; in children - slapped face rash, erythema infectosum (5ths disease)
Term
What does polyoma virus cause?
Definition
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in HIV adults
Term
what things can be caused by poxviruses?
Definition
smallpox, vaccinia-cowpox, and molluscum contagiosum
Term
EBV can cause mono, burkitt's lymphoma and...
Definition
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Term
Which virus involves infected cells with Owl's Eye inclusions?
Definition
CMV
Term
HHV6 can cause roseola, which involves
Definition
high fevers for several days that can cause seizures, followed by a diffuse macular rash
Term
Cowdry A inclusion bodies are seen in...
Definition
herpes virus infections
Term
what two viruses are reoviruses and what do they cause?
Definition
reovirus - colorado tick fever; rotavirus - most common cause of fatal diarrhea in children
Term
What are the picorna viruses?
Definition
poliovirus, echovirus - aseptic meningitis, rhinovirus - common cold, coxsackie virus - aseptic meningitis and herpangina, HAV - acute viral hep
Term
What virus is a hepevirus?
Definition
hepatitis E
Term
What virus is a calicavirus and what does it cause?
Definition
Norwalk virus - viral gastroenteritis
Term
What virus are your flaviviruses?
Definition
St. Louis Encephalitis virus, West Nile Virus, Dengue Virus, Yellow Feverr, HCV
Term
What viruses are your togaviruses?
Definition
Eastern and Western Equine viruses and Rubella (German measles)
Term
What is special about retroviruses and what are the retroviruses?
Definition
they have reverse transciptase; HIV - AIDS, HTLV - T-cell leukemia
Term
What kind of virus is corona virus and what does it cause?
Definition
ss RNA virus that causes the common cold and SARS (asians don't drink corona)
Term
What kind of virus is influenza virus?
Definition
an orthomyxovirus - ssRNA
Term
What are your paramyxoviruses?
Definition
parainfluenza virus, RSV, Rubeola and Mumps
Term
What are the filoviruses? the arenaviruses? (hard)
Definition
filoviruses - Ebola and Marburg, arenaviruses - LCMV and Lassa
Term
What are the bunyaviruses?
Definition
california encephalitis, sandfly/rift valley fevers, crimean-congo hemorrhagic fevers, hantavirus
Term
What virus is a deltavirus?
Definition
HDV
Term
What are the negative stranded viruses?
Definition

arenaviruses, bunyaviruses, paramyxoviruses, orthomyxoviruses, filoviruses, rhabdoviruses

 

always bring polymerase or fail replication

Term
What do influenza viruses have that is in turn used against them in their respective antiviral?
Definition
Neuraminidase allows viral progeny exit from the cell, oseltamivir inhibits it; also have hemagluttinin which helps with viral entry
Term
What is the difference between genetic shift and drift?
Definition
shift is SUDDEN reassortment of genes, drift is gradual changes from random mutation
Term
What are the symptoms of Rubella?
Definition
fever, postauricular tenderness, fine truncal rash, lymphadenopathy, arthralgias
Term
what do all paramyxoviruses have? what is used against it?
Definition
F protein that causes respiratory epithelial cells to fuse, palivizumab is used against it
Term
What are the symptoms of infection with rubeola virus?
Definition
Measles - Cough, Coryza, Conjunctivitis, Koplik spots
Term
What are the symptoms of mumps virus?
Definition

parotitis, orchitis and aseptic meningitis

 

Term
What bacteria can cause wound infections from contact with seafood and contaminated water?
Definition
V vulnificus
Term
How can one get Clostridium perfringens infections?
Definition
reheated meat dishes
Term
What are the bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea?
Definition
campylobacter jejuni, EHEC, EIEC, salmonella, shigella, Yersinai enterocolitica, C difficile, entamoeba histolytica
Term
What are the bacterial causes of watery diarrhea?
Definition
ETEC (ST and LT toxins), vibrio cholarae, c perfringens (gas gangrene), Protozoa (giardia, cryptosporidium), viruses (rotavirus, adenovirus, norwalk virus)
Term
What are the common causes of pneumonia in neonates?
Definition
Group B streptococci and E coli
Term
What are the common causes of pneumonia in children 4 w to 18 y?
Definition
Mycoplasma pneumonia, Chlamydia pneumophilia, Streptococcus pneumoniae
Term
What are the common causes of pneumonia in adults 20 to 40 yo?
Definition
Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae
Term
What are the causes of pneumonia in adults 40-65?
Definition
S pneumoniae, H influenzae, Anaerobes, Viruses, Mycoplasma
Term
Causes of pneumoniae in elderly?
Definition
S pneumoniae, influenzae virus, anaerobes, etc
Term
What bacteria causes pneumonia in people with CF?
Definition
pseudomonas
Term
Newborns get meningitis from... Kids (6 mo to 6 yr) get meningitis from...
Definition
Group B strep, E Coli, Listeria; strep pneumo, n meningitis, and h influ
Term
What are the most common causes of meningitis in people 6 y to 60 y?
Definition
N meningitis, enteroviruses, s pneumaniae, HSV
Term

What are the most common causes of meningitis in elderly?

 

Definition
S pneumoniae, gram-negative rods, Listeria
Term
What are the different causes of osteomyelitits?
Definition
usually S aureus, sexually active N gonorrheae, diabetics and drug addicts pseudomanas, sickle cell - salmonella, prosthetics - s aureus and epidermitis, vertebral - m tub, dogs/cats - pasteurella multicoda
Term
What are the different nosocomial pathogens associated with different parts of being in the hospital?
Definition
neonatal unit - CMV/RSV, urinary cath - e coli/proteus, respirators - pseudomonas, dialysis - HBV, hyperalimentation - candida albicans, and finally air conditioning - legionella pneumophilia
Term
An HIV positive patient presents with watery diarrhea for the last month and acid fast cysts in the stool...
Definition
Cryptosporidium
Term
A patient who is positive for HIV presents with symptoms of meningitis and india ink staining shows a narrow-based budding yeast with a large capsule...
Definition
Cryptococcus neoformans
Term
A patient presents with interstitial pneumonia and is HIV positive. On lung biopsy you see Owl's eye cells...
Definition
CMV
Term
A child presents with cough and conjunctivitis, along with red spots with a blue/white center on their buccal mucosa. Later on they break out in a rash on their face that moves down to their trunk...
Definition
Measles
Term
What is dipicolinic acid associated with?
Definition
the bacterial spore (provides resistance to dehydration, etc)
Term
What bacteria is visualized by a silver stain?
Definition
Legionella
Term
Why does reactivated TB have a tendency to end up in the apices of the lung?
Definition
because M Tuberculosis is an obligate aerobe
Term
What bacteria are obligate anaerobes and why?
Definition
Clostridium, Bacteroides and Actinomyces because they lack catalase and superoxide dismutase (oxygen causes probs for them)
Term
Why do anaerobes smell bad? Where are they normal?
Definition
short chain fatty acids; GI tract
Term
what is the mnemonic for encapsulated bacteria?
Definition

some killers have nice shiny bodies

 

strep pneumo

kleb pneumo

h influ

n mening

salmonella

group b strep

Term
What substance is secreted by S pneumoniae, H influenzae and Neisseria to colonize the respiratory mucosa?
Definition
IgA protease
Term
What substance does group A streptococcus secrete that inhibits phagocytosis?
Definition
M protein
Term
What is the MOA of vibrio cholarae that results in rice water stools?
Definition
ADP ribosylation of G protein activates AC which increases Cl pumping into gut, Na can't get back in either --> water follows
Term
What does bordetella pertussis do?
Definition
inhibits Galpha which increases cAMP - cough, inhibits chemokine receptor - lymphocytosis
Term
What does Shigella do to inactivate ribosomes?
Definition
secretes shiga toxin which cleaves host cell rRNA
Term
This bacteria forms actin rockets that move from cell to cell and has a characteristic TUMBLING MOTILITY on culture...
Definition
Listeria Monocytogenes
Term

What kind of TB involves hilar lymphadenopathy and ghon focus usually in lower lobes?

 

What fungi can cause hilar lymphadenopathy?

Definition

primary tb (usually in unimmunized - children)

 

histoplasmosis

Term

How does reactivated (secondary)tuberculosis present?

 

What's it called when reactivated tb has spinal cord involvement?

Definition

fibrocaseous lesion in the upper lobes of the lung

 

Pott's Disease

Term

When is a patient with tb ppd+?

 

ppd-?

Definition

ppd+ - current infection, past exposure, BCG vaccine

 

ppd- - no disease, immunocompromised

Term
What are the general clinical symptoms of TB?
Definition
fever, weight loss, night sweats, hemoptysis
Term
Of your gram negatives rods, you first divide by lactose fermenting  versus non fermenting, what would u divide each of those groups by individually?
Definition

lactose fermenting - do they ferment fast or slow?

 

lactose non fermenting - are they oxidase pos or neg?

Term
Of the lactose fermenters, which ones ferment fast and which ones ferment slow?
Definition
fast - E Coli, Klebsiella and enterobacter, slow - serratia, citrobacter, etc
Term
Of the lactose non-fermenters, which ones are oxidase negative and which ones are oxidase positive?
Definition
oxidase negatives - salmonella, shigella, proteus; oxidase positives - pseudomonas (is moaning outside of the liqour store because the grapes/wine is so good)
Term

What is seen in Legionairre's disease?

 

What would you culture the respective bacteria on? What would you treat it with?

Definition

severe pneumonia and fever

 

silver stein or charcoal yeast extract agar with cysteine - treat with erythryomycin

Term
What is hemolytic uremic syndrome? What form of E Coli can cause this?
Definition
triad of anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure; O157-H7 is the most common serotype of EHEC E Coli to cause this (not the only thing, but the bacteria that does it)
Term
This bacteria can be transmitted from pet feces and therefore causes outbreaks in day care centers...
Definition
Yersinia enterocolitica
Term

This bacteria causes gastritis and up to 90% of duodenal ulcers...

 

What does the triple therapy for this include?

Definition

Helicobacter pylori

 

two antibiotics and either bismuth or omeprazole

Term
Which spirochete is the only one that can be visualized using aniline dyes?
Definition
Borrelia (Wright's or Giemsa stain)
Term
Where is alot of bacteria found in syphilis?
Definition
in the chancres of primary and condyloma lata of secondary
Term
A baby is born with saber shins, saddle nose, deaf, and messed up teeth - what's up with them?
Definition
congenital syphilis infection
Term
A patient comes in with painless chancre's on their genitalia, and you find a nonspecific antibody that reacts with beef cardiolipin, what do they have?
Definition
primary syphilis - beef cardiolipin reacting with antibody = VDRL test
Term
This bacteria can cause cellulitis and osteomyelitis and is transferred from cat and dog bites...
Definition
Pasteurella multicoda
Term

A patient presents with a gray discharge from her vagina that she says smells like fish. She is not having any pain. What does she have an infection of and what do you treat her with?

 

Definition
Gardnerella vaginalis - metronidazole
Term
A farmer presents with Q fever. You know this because he has no rash and you find a Weil-Felix reaction to be negative. What did he get this from?
Definition
delivering baby cows - cow placenta and tick feces have coxiella burnetii in them
Term
Despite it's name, this disease that causes rash on the palms/soles, headache and fever is found on the east coast.
Definition
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia Rickettsii)
Term

A patient presents with a headache and non-productive cough but when you look at their chest x-ray they have diffuse interstitial infiltrates, you decide to treat them with ______ because they have ___________

 

Definition
tetracycline/erythromycin; Walking pneumonia (mycoplasma pneumoniae)
Term
What is mycoplasma pneumonia grown on?
Definition

Eaton's agar

 

Term
For mycoses, a local infection should be treated with ___________ while a systemic infection should be treated with ___________
Definition
fluconazole; amphoterecin b
Term
This mycoses is seen around the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys, causes pneumonia, is associated with bird and bat (spelunking) droppings...
Definition
Histoplasmosis
Term
This broad based budding yeast is seen in states east of the Mississippi and can cause inflammatory lung disease and can disseminate from skin to bone...
Definition
Blastomycosis
Term
This mycoses is found in the SW united states (where gay guys go to get cock), and can cause pneumonia and meningitis, and it presents as a spherule in tissues...
Definition
Coccidioidomycosis
Term
This mycoses causing fungi has a captain's wheel/cogwheel appearance...
Definition
paracoccidioidomycoses
Term
This fungi has a spaghetti and meatball appearance on KOH prep...
Definition
malassezia furfer; which causes tinea versicolor
Term
How does Malassezia furfer result in tinea versicolor (hypo or hyperpigmented patches)?
Definition
degredation of lipids produces acids that damage melanocytes
Term
What organisms cuase tinea and what does it look like?
Definition
Microsporum, trichophyton and epidermophyton; pruritic lesions with central clearing resembling a ring
Term
This fungi presents as a yeast with pseudohyphae at 20 celcius, but shows germ tubes at 37 degrees...
Definition
Candida albicans
Term
What should be used to treat Candida albicans infections?
Definition
Nystatin for topical, Amphotericin B systemically
Term
This fungi presents as a MOLD with septate hyphae that branch at ACUTE ANGLES...
Definition
aspergillosis
Term
Which molds have irregular nonseptate hyphae that branch at wide angles?
Definition
Mucor and Rhizopus
Term
When do you start prophylaxis for pneumocystic jiroveci?
Definition
when cd4 drops less than 200 in hiv patients
Term
Thsi is a dimorphic fungus that lives on vegetation and causes rose grower's disease, and should be treated with itraconazole or potassium iodide...
Definition
Sporothrix schenckii
Term
A person who had just been camping thsi week presents with a profuse, fatty diarrhea. You culture their stool and find a little guy that looks like a face looking at you, what do they have?
Definition
Giardia lamblia
Term
What would you treat giardia with?
Definition
metronidazole
Term
A patient presents with bloody diarrhea and RUQ pain. On culture of the stool you find amoeba that contain red blood cells, what do they have and what do you treat with?
Definition
Entamoeba histolytica, treat with metronidazole or iodoquinol
Term
A patient that likes their steak rare showed up at your office a while with chorioretinitis and a headache. You decide to get them a CT and it comes up with ring enhancing lesions in their brain... what do they have?
Definition
Toxoplasma gondii
Term
What do you treat Toxoplasma gondii with?
Definition
sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine
Term
A patient comes in with all kinds of CNS symptoms and they aren't doing so well. You ask their family what they've been up to recently and they say the patient spends alot of time fishing and swimming at a nearby lakefront cabin. You do a spinal tap and find amoebas. what do they have?
Definition
Naegliera fowleri, treat with amphotericin (but rarely survive)
Term

This bug that causes african sleeping sickness is transferred by the Tsetse fly...

 

Definition
Trypanosoma brucei (Dx with blood smear, treat with suramin or melasoprol)
Term
this bug causes Chagas' disease (dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus) and is found predominately in S America...
Definition
Trypanosoma cruzi
Term
What would you treat Chagas' disease with?
Definition
Nifurtimox
Term
If a patient presents with spiking fevers, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia and they've been around Sandflies, what do they probably have?
Definition
Leishmania donovani infection - tx wtih sodium stibogluconate
Term
What type of plasmodium causes a more severe disease that may involve parasitized RBCs occluding blood vessels in the brain?
Definition
P falciparum
Term
What parasite causes RBCs to appear with a maltese cross?
Definition
Babesia (found mostly in NE US, can co-infect with borellia)
Term
This guy is transferred in food contaminated with eggs, and can be tested for using the scotch tape test...
Definition
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
Term
This guy can be detected by eggs in the feces and causes an intestinal infection...
Definition
Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)
Term
This parasite is transferred in undercooked meat (usually pork) and causes inflammation of the muscle (cysts foudn there)...
Definition
Trichinella spiralis - treat with bendazoles
Term
A patient shows up with vomiting, diarrhea, and anemia, and you know that they hang out at the beach alot...
Definition
Strongyloides, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
Term
What parasite found in drinking water can cause skin inflammation and ulceration? What do you treat with?
Definition
Dracunculus medinensis, niridazole
Term
What bug can be transmitted by blackflies, and causes black skin and blindness (black sight)?
Definition
Onchocerca volvulus; ivermectin treats
Term
What bug can actually be seen crawling in the conjunctiva?
Definition
Loa loa
Term
Which bug causes elephantiasis?
Definition
Wuchereria bancrofti - causes blockage of lymphatic vessels
Term
What bug is found in food contaminated with eggs, causes granulomas and visceral larval migrans?
Definition
toxocara canis
Term
What bugs should be treated with diethylcarbamazine?
Definition
loa loa, wuchereria bancrofti, and toxocara canis
Term
What bug can give the brain a swiss cheese appearance?
Definition
Tania soleum - transmitted in pork
Term
What bug can be found in raw freshwater fish and causes vitamin B12 deficiency and resultant anemia?
Definition
Diphyllobothrium latum
Term
If a patient has this bug, the surgeon should inject them with ethanol first to prevent anaphylaxis if they're going to remove a cyst...
Definition
echinococcus
Term
chronic infection with this can lead squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder...
Definition
schistosoma haematobium - snails are the host
Term
What bug might you get from undercooked fish, resulting in inflammation of the biliary tract --> pigmented gallstones?
Definition
Clonorchis sinensis (C - cystic tract)
Term
what bug can you get from undercooked crab meat that will lead to inflammation and secondary bacterial infection of the lung - causing hemoptysis?
Definition
Paragonimus westermani
Term
What RNA viruses are dsRNA?
Definition
reoviridae and rotaviridae
Term
What diseases can be caused by EBV?
Definition
infectious mono, burkitt's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Term
viruses that are infected with this virus have characteristic Owl's eye inclusions...
Definition
CMV
Term
This virus causes high fevers for several days that can result in seizures, followed by a diffuse maculopapular rash...
Definition
HHV-6, roseola
Term
Which herpes virus causes kaposi's sarcoma?
Definition
HHV-8
Term
what virus is intranuclear cowdry A inclusion bodies associated with?
Definition
HSV
Term
While reovirus causes ____________, rotavirus is the _____________
Definition
colorado tick fever; #1 cause of fatal diarrhea in children
Term
Poliovirus, echovirus, rhinovirus, coxsackie virus and HAV are all picornaviruses with these respective diseases associated...
Definition
polio, aseptic meningitis, common cold, aseptic menigitis AND herpangina, acute viral hepatitis
Term
Norwalk virus belongs to this family and can cause...
Definition
Calicaviruses, viral gastroenteritis
Term
What viruses are the flaviviruses?
Definition
yellow fever, dengue, st louis encephalitis, west nile, HCV
Term
What viruses are the togaviruses?
Definition
rubella, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis
Term
what kind of virus is the influenza virus?
Definition
orthomyxovirus
Term
What viruses are paramyxoviruses and what do they cause?
Definition
parainfluenza (croup), RSV (bronchiolitis in babies), Rubeola (measles) and mumps
Term
What viruses are the filoviruses?
Definition
Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever - often fatal
Term
What is the HLA subtype associated with MS?
Definition
DR2
Term
what are the most common causes of pneumonia in neonates?
Definition
Group B streptococci and E Coli
Term
what are the most common causes of pneumonia in children (6 mo to 18 y)?
Definition
RSV, mycoplasma pneumonia, chlamydia pneumonia, and strep pneumo
Term
What are the most common causes of pneumoniae in adults?
Definition
mycoplasma, chlamydia pneumonia and strep pneumo
Term
what are the most common causes of pneumonia in adults 40-65?
Definition
s pneumoniae, h influenzae, anaerobes, viruses, mycoplasmA
Term
what are the most common causes of pneumonia in the elderly?
Definition
s pneumoniae, influenza virus, anaerobes, h influenzae, and gram neg rods
Term
What are the MCC of meningitis in neonates?
Definition
group B strep, e coli, listeria
Term
What are the mcc of meningitis in children (6 mo to 6y)?
Definition
s pneumoniae, h influenzae, neisseria meningitis, enteroviruses
Term
What is the most common cause of meningitis in adults 6 y to 60 y?
Definition
n meningitis!, enterviruses, s pneumoniae, and HSV too
Term
What are the mcc of meningitis in 60 y +?
Definition
s pneumoniae, gram negative rods, and listeria
Term
What are the CSF findings in viral meningitis?
Definition
normal to increased pressure, increased lymphocytes, normal to increased protein and normal glucose
Term
What is the most common cuase of osteomyelitis?
Definition
s aureus
Term
What is the classic triad associated with toxoplasmosis infection in utero?
Definition
chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus and intracranial calcifications
Term
What is the classic presentation of rubella infection in utero?
Definition
PDA, cataracts, deafness, blueberry muffin rash
Term
What is the classic presentation of CMV infection in utero?
Definition
hearing loss, seizures, and petechial rash
Term
What neonatal infection results in recurrent infections and herpetic lesions?
Definition
HIV
Term
What are the neonatal manifestations of in utero HSV infection?
Definition
temporal encephalitis, herpetic lesions
Term
What in utero infection can result in saber shins, notched teeth, saddle nose, and possibly hydrops fetalis?
Definition
syphilis
Term
What childhood rash begins at the head and moves downward and involves post-auricular lymphadenopathy?
Definition
Rubella virus
Term
What child hood rash begins at the head and moves down and is preceded by cough, coryza and conjunctivitis, and involves koplik spots?
Definition
Measles
Term
What virus has no rash but involves parotitis, meningitis and orchitis?
Definition
Mumps
Term
What childhood rash shows up as a macular rash all over the body several days after a high fever (possibly with seziures)?
Definition
Roseola (HHV-6)
Term
Parvovirus b19 presents with these characteristic symptoms...
Definition
slapped face rash later appears all over body in lace-like pattern
Term
this rash is "sandpaper like"
Definition
scarlet fever (strep pyogenes)
Term
This infection presents with herpangina (rash on palms and soles with vesicles in mouth)...
Definition

coxsackie virus type A

 

Term
This STD presents very close in syptomology to another STD, but has a creamy purulent discharge associated with it...
Definition
N gonorrheae - alot of the times treat for both N gon and Chlamy
Term
This STD presents with a painful genital ulcer and inguinal adenopathy...
Definition
Chancroid
Term
This STD can present wtih ulcers, lymphadenopathy and rectal strictures...
Definition
lymphogranuloma venereum (chlamydia trachomatis)
Term
This STD shows up with vaginitis, strawberry colored mucosa, corkscrew motility on wet prep, and a green discharge...
Definition
trichomonas vaginalis
Term
what STD presents with clue cells?
Definition
Gardnerella vaginalis
Term
What happens in Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome?
Definition
Chlamydial infection leads to infection of liver capsule with violin string adhesions of parietal peritoneum to liver.
Term
This causes fluffy white cottage cheese lesions in the mouth and has pseudohyphae...
Definition
c albicans
Term
This causes superficial vascular proliferation and biopsy will reveal neutrophilic inflammation...
Definition
Bartonella henselae
Term
Superficial vascular proliferation with lymphocytic infiltration...
Definition
HHV-8 or Kaposi's Sarcoma
Term
What causes diarrhea in aids patients with acid-fast cysts found in the stool?
Definition
Cryptosporidium
Term
India ink reveals yeast with narrow-based budding and large capsule...
Definition
Cryptococcus neoformans
Term
An aids patient presents with cotton-wool spots on funduscopic exam...
Definition
CMV retinitis
Term
What are the penicillinase resistant penicillins one can use against Staph A infection?
Definition
nafcillin, methicillin and dicloxacillin
Term
What can ampicillin and amoxicillin be combined with to enhance their spectrum?
Definition
clavulanic acid
Term
What are the beta lactamase inhibitors?
Definition
clavulinic acid, sulbactam and tazobactam
Term
What three penicillins can be used for pseudomonas?
Definition
ticarcillin, carbenicillin, and piperacillin
Term
What's special about 4th gen cephalosporins as compared to others?
Definition
increased activity against pseudomonas and gram pos
Term
What's special about 3rd gen cephalosporins?
Definition
used for serious gram neg infections
Term
What is only used for gram negative rods but can be used for patients who are penicillin allergic and those with renal insufficiency who can't tolerate aminoglycosides?
Definition
aztreonam
Term
What antibiotics cause inhibition of formation of the initiation complex and cause misreading of mRNA?
Definition
aminoglycosides - used for severe gram negative rod infections
Term
What class of antibiotics is used for atypical pneumoniaes?
Definition
macrolide abs - erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin
Term
What antibiotic can be used for meningitis (esp in lower income countries due to low cost/although tox is bad)...
Definition
chloramphenicol (inh 50s peptidyltransferase activity)
Term
This ab blocks peptide bond formation at the 50s ribosomal subunit...
Definition
clindamycin - used for anaerobic infections
Term
What antibiotic causes free radical toxic metabolites to form that damage bacterial DNA?
Definition
metronidazole - has a disulfiram like reaction with alcohol, use for giardia, entamoeba, trichomonas, gardnerella, anaerobes...
Term
What is the multi drug treatment for mycobacterium avium complex?
Definition
azithromycin, rifampin, ethambutol, streptomycin
Term
What is the MOA of isoniazid?
Definition
decreases synthesis of mycolic acids, only agent used as solo prophylaxis against TB
Term
what two drugs are combined for toxoplasmosis tx?
Definition
sulfadiazene and pyrimethamine
Term
What does nifurtimox do?
Definition
causes formation of intracellular oxygen radicals - toxic to organism
Term
What drug inhibits glycolysis at the PFK rxn?
Definition
sodium stibogluconate
Term
What does mebendazole do in helminths?
Definition
inhibits glucose uptake and microtubule formation
Term
What does pyrantel do to helminths?
Definition
stimulates nicotinic receptors at neuromuscular junctions
Term
Since pyrantel doesn't have an effect on tapeworms and flukes, what drug should u use instead and what is it's MOA?
Definition
praziquental - increases membrane permeability to calcium, causing contraction and paralysis of tapeworms/flukes
Term
What is the location of b cell proliferation in lymph nodes?
Definition
follicles - secondary are active
Term
What part of the lymph node communicates with efferent lymphatics?
Definition
medullary sinuses - have reticular cells and macrophages
Term
What part of the lymph node houses T cells?
Definition
the paracortex! enlarged in extreme cellular immune response
Term
What lymph nodes do the testes drain to?
Definition
the superficial and deep para-aortic plexuses
Term
What HLA subtype is associated with Grave's disease?
Definition
HLA - B8
Term
What HLA subtype is associated wtih MS and SLE?
Definition
HLA - DR2
Term
What HLA subtype is associated with DM type I?
Definition
HLA- DR3 and HLA - DR4
Term
What HLA subtype is associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Definition
HLA - DR4
Term
What complement proteins take part in viral neutralization?
Definition
C1-C4
Term
What complement protein is responsibile for opsonization of bacteria?
Definition
C3b - B binds bacteria
Term
What complement proteins are responsible for anaphylaxis?
Definition
C3a and C5a
Term

What complement protein is responsible for neutrophil chemotaxis?

 

Definition
C5a
Term
What complement proteins are responsible for cytolysis by the membrane attack complex?
Definition
C5b - 9
Term
Deficiency of what leads to complement mediated lysis of RBCs and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria?
Definition
DAF
Term
Deficiency of what complement factors leads to Neisseria bacteremia?
Definition
C5-C8
Term
What deficiency leads to severe, recurrent pyogenic sinus and respiratory tract infections?
Definition
C3
Term
What cytokines induce fever?
Definition
IL-1, IL-6
Term
What cytokine induces chemotactic factor for neutrophils?
Definition
IL-8
Term
What cytokine induces differentiation of T cells into Th1 cells, activates NK cells, and is secreted by B cells?
Definition
IL-12
Term
What happens in type I hypersensitivity?
Definition
antigen binds IgE on pre-sensitized mast cells and basophils
Term
What happens in type ii hypersensitivity?
Definition
IgM and IgG bind to fixed antigen on enemy cell, leading to lysis
Term
What happens in type III hypersensitivity?
Definition
antigen-antibody complexes activate complement, which attracts neutrophils - which release lysosomal enzymes
Term
What happens in serum sickness?
Definition
immune complex disease in which antibodies to forein proteins are produced, immune complexes form and deposit in memrbanes where they fix complement
Term
What happens in type IV hypersensitivity?
Definition
t lymphocytes that are sensitized encounter antigen adn then release lymphokines
Term

Match the antibodies to their disease...

1. anti dsDNA, anti smith, ANA   2. antihistone   3. anti-IgG   4. anticentromere

 

A. scleroderma (CREST)    B. drug-induced lupus   C. SLE     D. Rheumatoid arthritis

Definition

1. C

2. B

3. D

4. A

 

Term

Match the auto-antibody to it's given disease...

 

1. Anti-Scl-70     2. Antimitochondrial    3. Antigliadin/anti endomysial    4. anti BM

 

A. Celiac Disease    B. Goodpasture's    C. scleroderma (diffuse)    D. biliary cirrhosis

Definition

1. C

2. D

3. A

4. B

Term

Match the autoantibodies to their given disease...

 

1. anti-desmoglein     2. antimicrosomal/antithyroglobulin   3. Anti-Jo-1    4. Anti SSA SSB

 

A. Sjogren's    B. Polymyositis

C. Pemphigus Vulgaris   D. Hashimoto's

Definition

1. C

2. D

3. B

4. A

 

Term
What is the defect seen in hyper-IgM syndrome?
Definition
defective CD40L on helper T cells, causes increased IGM, and decreased IgA, IgG, and IgD
Term
What is the defect in Bruton's agammaglobulinemia?
Definition
x-linked recessive defect in BTK - tyrosine kinase blocks B cell differentiation/maturation --> decreased b cells and IG of all classes
Term
What is the most common Ig deficiency?
Definition
IgA - failure to mature into plasma cells
Term
Whatdefect is seen in CVID?
Definition
defect in b cell maturation causes decreased plasma cells and immunoglobulin
Term
What happens in DiGeorge Syndrome?
Definition
thymic aplasia (and parathyroids) leads to decreased T cells, PTH and Ca (tetany)
Term
What happens in IL-12 receptor deficiency?
Definition
decreased Th1 response leads to disseminated mycobacterial infections, decreased IFNgamma
Term
What is seen in hyper-IgE syndrome (Job's syndrome)?
Definition
Th cells fail to produce interferon gamma so neutrophils can't respond to chemotactic stimuli, FATED - coarse face, Abscesses, retained primary TEETH, increased IgE, Derm probs
Term
What things can result in SCID?
Definition
IL2 receptor defective, adenosine deaminase def, failure to synthesize MHCII antigens
Term
What happens in ataxia-telangiectasia?
Definition
defect in DNA repair enzymes leads to triad of cerebellar defects, spider angiomas, and IgA def
Term
What happens in Wiskott-Aldrich?
Definition
x-linked recessive defect, triad of thrombocytopenic purpura, infections and eczema (increased IgE and IgA, decreased IgM)
Term

What syndrome results from auto rec defect in microtubular function with decreased phagocytosis?

 

Definition
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome, recurrent pyogenic infections with staph and strep
Term

 

What immune deficiency involves a negative nitroblue tetrazolium dye reduction test?

Definition
Chronic granulomatous disease (NADPH oxidase def)
Term
what immunosuppressant drug binds mTOR?
Definition
sirolimus - blocks t cell proliferation in response to IL-2
Term
This drug is a monoclonal ab with a high affinity for the IL-2 receptor on activated T cells...
Definition
daclizumab
Term
This drug is an anti-metabolite precursor of 6-MP used for kidney transplants and autoimmune disorders like glomerulonephritis and hemolytic anemia...
Definition
azathioprine
Term
What are filgastrim and sargamostim used for?r
Definition
recovery of bone marrow
Term
What cytokine can be used to treat MS?
Definition
beta-interferon
Term
What two things can be used to treat thrombocytopenia?
Definition
oprelvekin and thrombopoietin
Term
What is the target of abciximab?
Definition
GPIIa/IIIb - prevents cardiac ischemia in those with unstable angina or percutaneous coronary intervention
Term
What can trastuzumab be used for?
Definition
HER-2 expressing breast cancer
Term
What can rituximab be used for?
Definition
target is CD20 --> can be used for B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Term
How does apoptosis happen in the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways?
Definition

intrinsic - anti and pro apoptotic factor levels change leading to increased mito permeability and release of cyt c

 

extrinsic - ligand receptor interaction - FAs ligand binds Fas, immune cell release of perforin and granzyme b (t killers)

Term
What should you be thinking if you see a patient with bloody diarrhea then weakness/numbness of the feet and lower legs within the week...
Definition
infection precipitating Guillain-Barre SYndrome, leading to high protein and normal white blood cell count in CSF
Term
A patient is taking nitroglycerin for chest pain. What drug has a mechanism of action similar to nitroglycerine's activity on blood vessels?
Definition
bethenechol - muscarinic agonist causes release of NO
Term
Where is the posterior chapman point for the appendix?
Definition
the transverse process of T11
Term
What is a large renal mass in a 3 yo patient most likely caused by?
Definition
WIlms tumor - organomegaly and macroglossia are commonly associated, 90% of pts respond well w tx
Term
How does CO poisoning change the oxygen stats of the blood?
Definition
SaO2 goes down because there are less oxygen binding sites, PaO2 stays the same because diffusion is ok
Term
What does a patient have if she has neurofibromatosis type I?
Definition
scoliosis with cafe-au-lait spots, lisch nodules in the iris, neurofibromas are growth of all the elements of peripheral nerves including schwann cells and fibroblasts
Term
If a patient has blood oozing from mucous membranes and low fibrinogen, what do they probably have?
Definition
DIC - low platelets, increased BT, PT, and PTT
Term
What are manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis?
Definition

fibrosis and ankylosis, ulnar deviation, Baker's cyst, Boutonneire deformity, swan-neck deformity

 

Term
A patient comes in with darkened stools, and a history of ulcers, what kind of anemia are you worried about?
Definition
Fe deficiency (microcytic) anemia - chronic GI bleed
Term
When a child shows up with unilateral facial swelling and ALOT of erythema, what are you thinking?
Definition
cellulitis, zygomatic region drains to cavernous sinus and therefore increases risk of thrombosis
Term
A patinet comes in with cafe-au-lait spots, axillary freckling, neurofibromas of peripheral nerves, and pigmented nodules in teh iris (Licsh nodules)... what do they have and what caused it?
Definition

Neurofibromatosis type I - NF1 tumor suppressor gene found on Chrom 17 is f'd up

 

Term
Describe the presentation of an MS patient?
Definition
female in 20-30s with intermittent weakness, urinary incontinence, and blurry vision, bright white areas usually surrounding lateral ventricles on MRI
Term

If a patient has chronic sinusitis with mucosal ulcers, necrotizing granulomas in the URT and kidney disease, what do they probably have?

 

Definition
Wegener granulomatosis, supported by cANCA present in the serum
Term
If a patient comes in with abdominal pain and weight loss, and you see pANCA in their serum, what do they have?
Definition
microscopic polyangiitis
Term
An alcoholic with spider telangectasia has this problem because of...
Definition
increased estrogen due to inability of liver to metabolize it
Term
How do the glomeruli present in a pt with post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis?
Definition
hypercellular glomeruli with neutrophils having a lumpy bumpy appearance
Term
Describe Hodgkin's Lymphoma...
Definition
owl's eye (reed steinberg) cells, good prognosis, primarily effects young adults
Term
What complication of sickle cell involves formatino of pulmonary infarctino with vaso-occulsion of the posterior intercostal arteries?
Definition
acute chest syndrome
Term
If a patient with B+ blood is loosing blood quickly, what blood product can you use to replace their blood loss?
Definition
packed red blood cells b+, or o- (universal donor)
Term
IF a patient presents with dysmenorrhea, painful bowel movements during menses, enlargement of ovaries, and intestinal obstruction what are they at an increased risk for?
Definition
infertility because they have endometriosis
Term
A young woman showing up with fever, neurologic symptoms, kidney failure, anemia and thrombocytopenia probably has...
Definition
TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura)
Term
What oncogene is associated with CML and what does it change?
Definition
abl - tyrosine kinase activity
Term
What gene is associated with Burkitt's Lymphoma and what does it change?
Definition
c-myc; transcription factor
Term
What kinds of cancer is bcl-2 associated with? (anti-apoptotic)
Definition
follicular and undifferentiated lymphomas
Term
What oncogene is associated with breast, ovarian and gastric carcinomas?
Definition
erb-B2
Term
What oncogene is associated with colon carcinoma?
Definition
ras - affects GTPase activity
Term
L-myc and N-myc are transcription factors that are associated with these cancers respectively...
Definition
lung tumor, neuroblastoma
Term
What oncogene is associated with MEN-II and III syndrome?
Definition
ret - tyrosine kinase
Term
What tumor is associated with c-kit (cytokine receptor)?
Definition
gastrointestinal stromal tumor
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