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

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2. 'A38Vancomycin - aminoglycosides' -
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Cogwheel rigidity
Oto - and nephrotoxicity due to antibiotics
Kernicterus due to antibiotics

3. Vibrio parahemolyticus
Anti - IgG antibodies
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Cold Nodules
Osler's nodes - Tender lesions of fingers & toes.

4. Serratia
Fat
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Diphyllobothrium latum

5. CMV -

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6. Peyronie's Disease
Contact lensa
Boot - shaped heart on XR
Rose Bush Thorns
Penile fibrosis

7. Measles -
Koplik spots
Benign polyposis
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Call - Exner bodies

8. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -
(+) Frei Test
Parasites & CA: S. mansoni
Kerley B lines
Currant - jelly sputum

9. Secondary syphilis -
Condylomata lata
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics

10. Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis -
Mousy body odor
Cotton wool spots
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence

11. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia -
Aspirin - Asthma Triad
Councilman bodies
Bilateral amygdala lesions
Defect in platelet aggregation

12. Neiserria and most Gram (-)s including Pseudomonas aeruginosa -
Kaposi's sarcoma
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Down syndrome
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect

13. A01Mallory Weiss tear -
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology
Infant on cow's milk diet

14. Mycosis Fungoides (cutaneous T- cell lymphoma) -
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Farmer's Lung
Cerebriform nuclei
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.

15. Epidural hematoma -
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Lucid interval
Bronze skin
No arm pronation

16. Colle's fracture? -
Ketogenic amino acids
Dinner fork deformity
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
Only dsRNA: Microbiology

17. Guillain - Barre syndrome -
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Bad canned foods
Idiopathic polyneuritis

18. Precocious puberty - cafe - au - lait spots - short stature - young girls - A41Albright's syndrome -
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Diphyllobothrium latum
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia

19. A03Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura -
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Antihistone antibodies
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
Antiplatelet antibodies

20. Gas emboli -
Berger's Disease
Defective Dystrophin less severe
Caisson disease
Phagocyte Deficiency

21. Trypansoma cruzi: Chagasa
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Blueberry muffin spots
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
Defective Dystrophin less severe

22. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Heinz bodies
Cotton wool spots

23. CAPEat Cholera Anthracis (Poly D glutamate capsule) Pertusis (via Gi) E.coli (LT enterotoxin) -
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Floppy Baby
Lytic bone lesions on XR
- cAMP: Microbiology

24. Tay- Sachs - Niemann Pick Disease - Central Retinal Artery Occlusion -
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
eating raw fish
Brown teeth
Grows in Rice: Microbiology

25. Camphylobacter & Helicobacter -
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Parasites & CA: S. mansoni

26. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -

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27. 2nd syphilis Rocky Mountain Spotted fever - Meningitis
Arachnodactyly
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Renal cell carcinoma
Rash on palms and soles

28. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'

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29. Plasmodium
Apple - green birefringence
Cold intolerance / weight gain
Protozoa: Microbiology
Christmas tree patterned rash

30. Cryptococcus neoformans -
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Cat Bites
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Chronic atrophic gastritis

31. Pseudomonas aeroginosa -
Headache in band - like distribution
Contact lensa
Port - wine stain
M protein: Microbiology

32. Syphilis - overaggressive treatment of an asymptomatic patient that causes symptoms due to rapid lysis -
Jarisch - Herxheimer reaction
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Painless genital ulcer/chancre

33. Alport's syndrome -
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Auer Rods

34. A09Associated w/ Emphysema = Blebat = outpouching - If it ruptures causes Pneumothorax -
Cord factor: Microbiology
Bulla in lung
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:

35. Yolk - sac tumor
Schiller - Duval bodies
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Blue - bloater

36. Ella likes cysteineat: Francisella Brucella Legionella Pasturella -
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
Panlobular Emphysema
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology
Indian Ink: Microbiology

37. A00Abs to I blood group Ag. Mediated by IgM Abs - Complication of EBV or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections -
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Acute Cold Agglutination
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR

38. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Phagocyte Deficiency
Elastic skin
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology

39. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma
Auer Rods
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Barr Body

40. A05Varicocele - -

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41. Streptococcus throat infection -
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Holosystolic murmur
Aspirin - Asthma Triad
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

42. Liquefied TB lesions similar to pyogenic abscesses but lacking acute inflammation -
Brown teeth
Aschoff bodies - (painless fibrinoid nodule in myocardium)
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Cold abscesses

43. Adenovirus (type 8)
Brushfield's spots
Pink Eye
Alpha Feto Protein increase
Sandpaper rash

44. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
HbS presence
Koplik spots
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)

45. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Horner's syndrome
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology

46. A08Bordetella pertusis ID -
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Bordet Gengou Agar: Microbiology
Chronic atrophic gastritis

47. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
hCG elevated
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks

48. Parvovirus: Part of a virusat -
Port - wine stain
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Glucogenic amino acids

49. Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy -
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Agent Orange
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology

50. Aortic stenosis -
ASO
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Infant on cow's milk diet
Crescendo decrescendo murmur