USMLE Buzzwords

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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. 'A00Chlamydia trachomatis types L1 - L2 - L3 = Lymphogranuloma venereum' -
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
(+) Frei Test
Postpartum pituitary necrosis


2. A08Digoxin toxicity -
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Ash leaf spots
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Endospores G(+): Microbiology


3. A05Clostridium Botulinum -
Bad canned foods
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Antihistone antibodies
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies


4. A03Marfan's Syndrome -
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Arachnodactyly


5. 'A35Mycoplasma - Smallest living bacteria. - P1 protein inhs ciliary action Fried egg colonies Atypical pneumonia young adults' -
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Acute Cold Agglutination
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma


6. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
Lactose formers: Microbiology
Quellung reaction: Microbiology
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Sensitive: Microbiology
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology


7. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Fatty liver
Nephritis


8. A05Goodpasture's syndrome -
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Ketogenic amino acids
Dry eyes


9. Acanthamoeba -
Koplik spots
Sabourauda Agar
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Contact lens solution infection


10. A09small/medium artery vasculitis -

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11. Sickle cell anemia -
Intussception
Diminished reflexes
HbS presence
Agent Orange


12. Granuloma inguinale -
Donovan bodies
Betel nuts
Intussception
Friction Rub


13. A09SLE -
HbF -
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Butterfly rash


14. Actinomycetes = Nocardia
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Cogwheel rigidity
Pink Eye
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors


15. A03SLE (Type III hypersensitivity) -
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Palmar crease/simian crease
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons


16. A04Guillain - Barre syndrome -
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules
Pseudorosettes
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Ascending weakness/paralysis


17. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Elastic skin
(+) Frei Test
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate


18. Syphilis - overaggressive treatment of an asymptomatic patient that causes symptoms due to rapid lysis -
Jarisch - Herxheimer reaction
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Blueberry muffin spots
Lens dislocation


19. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Friction Rub
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Hyperphagia


20. Leydig cell tumor
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Reinke crystals
Koiliocytes
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton


21. A06Gilbert's syndrome -
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
Kerley B lines
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia


22. A07oral cancer. -
Betel nuts
Antineutrophil antibodies
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon


23. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Horner's syndrome
Jarisch - Herxheimer reaction
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Chancroid (painful)


24. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
HGPRT deficiency e
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
Burton's lines
Gray- baby syndrome


25. A05Varicocele - -

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26. Mycoplasma pneumoniae has fried egg colonies on Eaton agar (needs cholesterol) -
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Cogwheel rigidity


27. Alport's syndrome -
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Currant Jelly appearance
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology


28. SHYPSat Shigella Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis) Proteus Salmonella -
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Bag of worms NB. Can be secondary to obstruction of left renal vein (such as with a renal cell carcinoma / a renal vein thrombus /or retroperitoneal adenopathy)'
Cold agglutinins
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)


29. A05Rheumatoid arthritis -

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30. Pericarditis
Ghon focus
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward
Keto & Gluco amino acids


31. Zygomycosis: Rhizopus & Mucor. Only mycosis w/o septate. Infect Ketoacidotic Diabetics. -
Acute Cold Agglutination
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology


32. Camphylobacter & Helicobacter -
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Buerger's disease
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology


33. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia -
Eburnation
Defect in platelet aggregation
- ANCA
Cold abscesses


34. A01Curling's ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa) -
ASO
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Rhomboid crystals
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns


35. Parvovirus: Part of a virusat -
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Irregularly irregular rhythm


36. A07Subarachnoid hemorrhage -
Bloody tap on LP
Kaposi's sarcoma
eating raw fish
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae


37. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Cat Scratch Disease
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Rice water stool


38. Miosis - anhidrosis - A43Horner's syndrome
Defect in platelet adhesion
Ptosis
Buerger's disease
Cord factor: Microbiology


39. Pompe's disease -
Nystagmus - Intention Tremor - Scanning Speech
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)


40. Scarlet fever (disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes)
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Needle - shaped
Owl's eye
Sandpaper rash


41. Putamen - thalamus - A42Sydenhama Chorea
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
Oto - and nephrotoxicity due to antibiotics
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology


42. Squamous cell carcinoma -
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
Increased Uric acid levels
Keratin pearls


43. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
Cowdry type A bodies
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology


44. Von Recklinghausen's disease -
Defect in platelet aggregation
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology


45. ACL injury
Eburnation
Black eschar on skin
Positive anterior drawer sign
RBC Osmotic Fragility


46. Mallory- Weiss syndrome -
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly
Condylomata lata
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology


47. A08Osteoarthritis (PIP swelling 2nd to osteophytes) -

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48. Parathyroid glands in the neck and pancreatic islet cells in the pancreas - A11MEN type I (Werner's syndrome) -
Heinz bodies
Lewy Bodies
Pink Eye
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain


49. RUQ pain - fever) - A12cholangitis -

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50. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -
Auer Rods
Donovan bodies
Red urine in the morning
Mid systolic click