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USMLE Buzzwords

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Predisposition to gastric carcinoma -






2. Eating honey - A21Infant Botulinum -






3. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -






4. Associated with CNS injury - A22Cushing's ulcers -






5. Primary TB -






6. Patent ductus arteriosus -






7. Endocarditis - Type III Immune complex mediated


8. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -






9. A00P. aeroginosa infection -






10. Culture for all Fungi ie…Culture Cryptococcus neofromans which is found in pigeon droppings






11. Gout






12. Polycythaemia (rubra) Vera






13. A00Mycobacterium






14. A09Lead poisoning -


15. A04Acute post - streptococcal GN (due to bHGASrtep) Anti streptolysin O -






16. Parvovirus: Part of a virusat -






17. A06Multiple myeloma (kappa or lambda Ig light chains in urine) - Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM) -






18. 'A29Indirect - Goes through deep & superficial inguinal ring Lateral to inferior epigastric artery' -






19. AIDS in MSM -


20. Vaginal Adenosis - Some develop clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina & cervix -






21. Corenybacterium D & Nocardia -






22. Mitral valve prolapse -






23. Osteoarthritis (DIP swelling 2nd to osteophytes) -


24. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -






25. Scarlet fever (disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes)






26. Measles -






27. 'A38Vancomycin - aminoglycosides' -






28. Leydig cell tumor






29. Cryptococcus neoformans -






30. 'A27Neisseria - Haemophilus - S. pneumoniae' -






31. 'A14Seen in atypical pneumonia (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) - It is IgM Ab with specificity for I Ag on adult RBCs' -






32. Gram (+): Bacillus & Clostridium made up of dipicolinate & Keratin -






33. Bartonella henselae. Leion can resemble Kaposi's sarcoma. Toxoplasmosis -






34. A01Severe cellular immune deficiency SCID -






35. DIC -






36. A01Cushing's ulcer (increased ICP that stimulates vagal gastric secretion) -






37. Zygomycosis: Rhizopus & Mucor. Only mycosis w/o septate. Infect Ketoacidotic Diabetics. -






38. Borrelia recurrentis






39. Wilson's disease -






40. Gas emboli -






41. Aortic stenosis -






42. 'A00In cases of metastatic carcinoid - txt w/ Methysergide (5HT antagonist)' -






43. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -






44. Naked for CPRat: Calcivirus






45. A02Streptococcus pneumoniae -






46. Becker's Muscular Dystrophy -






47. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis






48. Hypothyroidism -






49. E. Coli -






50. Rifampin -