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1. Diabetic ketoacidosis -
Kussmaul hypernea
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)

2. 'A33Albers - Schonberd Disease = inspite of - dense bone density - many fractures' -
Lucid interval
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Marble Bone

3. A02Rifampin -
Butterfly rash
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450

4. Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida - Anencephaly -
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Cold abscesses
Cowdry type A bodies

5. A06Gilbert's syndrome -
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Bilateral amygdala lesions
Cogwheel rigidity

6. Papovavirus.
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Brushfield's spots
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology

7. Arnold - Chiari Malformation -
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Dry eyes

8. Epidural hematoma -
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
RBC casts in urine
Lucid interval
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain

9. Budd - Chiari syndrome
eating raw fish
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Posthepatic venous thrombosis

10. A08Actinomyces israelii -
Periosteal elevation on XR
Branching rods in oral infection
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology

11. 'A47Aortic stenosis - hypertrophic subaortic stenosis' -
Bell's Palsy
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Lines of Zahn

12. Bartter's syndrome -
Hyperreninemia
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Honey coloured crust
B Prophage: Microbiology

13. CHF -
Protozoa: Microbiology
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Nutmeg liver
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

14. A02Goodpasture's Syndrome -
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Anti - IgG antibodies
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Endospores G(+): Microbiology

15. Streptococcus pyogenes -
M protein: Microbiology
Osler's nodes
Rice water stool
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology

16. Herpes virus -
Protein A: Microbiology
Cowdry type A bodies
Honey coloured crust
Bell's Palsy

17. Gram (+): Bacillus & Clostridium made up of dipicolinate & Keratin -
Koiliocytes
Obligate Intracellular Bacteria: Microbiology
Endospores G(+): Microbiology
B Prophage: Microbiology

18. Can Also Have Both Shapesat Cocciodes Aspergillus Histolpasma Blastomyces Sprothrix schenkii -
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology
Brown teeth
Aspirin - Asthma Triad

19. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
Panlobular Emphysema
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea

20. Job's syndrome -
Defective Dystrophin less severe
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality

21. Staphylococcus aureus -
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology

22. Rapid appearance of features associated with normal aging - A18Werner syndrome -
dramatic
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Nephritis

23. Neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -
Antigliadin antibodies
Contact lens solution infection
Lisch nodules
S4 in Heart Auscultation

24. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
neonateal meningitis
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Keto & Gluco amino acids

25. Giant intestinal flukes -'A19Fasciola Biski - Txt: Praziquantel' -
Obligate Intracellular Bacteria: Microbiology
eating raw fish
Protein A: Microbiology
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases

26. A05Varicocele - -

27. CMV -

28. Pick's disease
Bulla in lung
Pick bodies
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics
Only ssDNA: microbiology

29. Polycythaemia (rubra) Vera
Pruritus after bath/shower
Dinner fork deformity
Lucid interval
Myxedema

30. A03Marfan's Syndrome -
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Arachnodactyly
High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia

31. Alzheimer's disease -
McBurney's sign
Cold abscesses
Neurofibrillary tangles
Cotton wool spots

32. Raynaud's Syndrome
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
No arm pronation
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Cartilage damage

33. A01Bruton's disease -
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Positive Murphy's
Esophageal webs with iron deficiency

34. Toxic or viral hepatitis -
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
Councilman bodies
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)

35. Bronchial Asthma -
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Hypertension

36. Cystic fibrosis
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.

37. Duchenne's -

38. A05Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology

39. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
HbS presence
Renal cell carcinoma
Condylomata lata

40. Alcoholism -
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
(+) Frei Test
Fatty liver
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

41. Hypocalcemia -

42. Zollinger - Ellison syndrome -
Howell - Jolly bodies
Erythropoietin
opening snap in heart
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers

43. Plasmodium
Protozoa: Microbiology
Indian Ink: Microbiology
HLA- B27
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology

44. Thallasemia major -
Blue - bloater
Peau d'orange
Antigliadin antibodies
HbF presence

45. A02Pemphigus Vulgaris -
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Infant on cow's milk diet
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)

46. Adenovirus (type 8)
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Pink Eye
Sabrands: Microbiology
Bell's Palsy

47. ACL injury
Positive anterior drawer sign
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Dinner fork deformity
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots

48. Trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazole -
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Burkitt's lymphoma
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury

49. Intention tremor - scanning speech) - A12Multiple sclerosis -

50. A04Mononucleosis -
Cold agglutinins
Friction Rub
Mallory bodies
Atypical lymphocytosis