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USMLE Step 1 - Microbiology Buzzwords
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Microbiology
Graduate
06/09/2012

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Term
pneumonia in AIDS patients
Definition
PCP (pneumocystis jirovecii)

disc shaped yeast seen with silver stain
Term
MCC atypical pneumonia
Definition
mycoplasma pneumonia (no cell wall!)
Term
MCC fungal infection - Texas
Definition
Histoplasmosis

Associated with bird and bat droppings
Hides - see macrophages filled with small histo spherules
Term
Pneumonia in bird handlers
Definition
Chlamydia psttaci
Term
Pneumonia in person visiting the SW (fungal)
Definition
Coccicoides

See spherule filled with endospores (larger than RBC)
Term
Pneuomonia in an alcoholic
Definition
Klebsiella
Term
currant jelly sputum + pneumonia
Definition
Klebsiella
Term
Q fever
Definition
coxsiella burnetti

gram -, obligate intracellular
Term
MCC pneumonia in kids < 1 year old
Definition
RSV

Paramyxovirus
ssRNA - sense, enveloped
Term
MCC pneumonia in neonates
Definition
E. coli/ GBS
Term
Causes wool sorter's disease
Definition
bacillus anthracis
Term
Common cause of COPD exacerbation
Definition
H. influenzae
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