USMLE Buzzwords

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Babesia microti: Babesiosis & Borrelia burgdorferi: Lyme Disease -
Christmas tree patterned rash
Antiplatelet antibodies
Chediak - Higashi disease
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology


2. Liver -'A19Clonorchichis - Chinese liver fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
Horner's syndrome
eating raw fish


3. Chloramphenicol -
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Continuous machinery murmur
Gray- baby syndrome
Herald patch


4. Neuroblastoma -
Mousy body odor
Koplik spots
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Cat Scratch Disease


5. Neiserria and most Gram (-)s including Pseudomonas aeruginosa -
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Cerebriform nuclei
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Oxidase (+): Microbiology


6. Fibrin - globulin - pro) - and - Russel Bodies - (eosinophillic Ig containing inclusions) - A46Multiple Myeloma -

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7. 'A33Multiple myeloma - (called the M protein
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
Monoclonal antibody spike


8. ACL injury
Radiating Back Pain
Positive anterior drawer sign
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Glucogenic amino acids


9. Median nerve lesion -
No arm pronation
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Donovan bodies
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever


10. Positively birefringent - A45Pseudogout
Sabrands: Microbiology
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Keto & Gluco amino acids
Rhomboid crystals


11. A098:14 translocations associated with EBV -

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12. Bacilus Cerues -
Reiter's Syndrome
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology


13. A02Rifampin -
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450
Bad canned foods
Rice water stool
Bouchard's nodes


14. Causes amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri -
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
RBC casts in urine
Enterotoxin: Microbiology


15. A02Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Alpha - hemolytic: Microbiology
Councilman bodies
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs


16. AIDS in MSM -

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17. Paresthesias/hypoesthesias - tabetic gait - Dementia - A17Tabes Dorsalis (Tertiary syphilis) -
Cartilage damage
Diminished reflexes
Rash on palms and soles
Apple - green birefringence


18. Urinary bladder CA -
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence


19. Becker's Muscular Dystrophy -
Bronze skin
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
Defective Dystrophin less severe
Rose Bush Thorns


20. Haemophilus influenzae -
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Birbeck granules on EM
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Radiating Back Pain


21. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -
Burton's lines
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Benign polyposis
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims


22. Gaucher's disease -
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
B Prophage: Microbiology
Fast vs. slow acetylators due to antibiotics


23. A07Kluver - Bucy syndrome -
Bilateral amygdala lesions
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum


24. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
Horner's syndrome
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Pruritus after bath/shower
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology


25. Chaga's Disease (Trypanosoma infection) -
Podocyte fusion
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Polyneuropathy


26. Wilson's disease -
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
Painless jaundice
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Pick bodies


27. Cheese - vegetables (coleslaw) - in recent infections - A33Listeria -
Myxedema
Down syndrome
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Milk


28. Chronic Hypertension -
Cotton wool spots
Bronze skin
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
Bence Jones proteins


29. Bronchial Asthma (whorled mucous plugs) -

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30. Adenovirus (causes hyperplasia of Peyer's patches) -
Intussception
Bulla in lung
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day


31. Mycobacterium tuberculosis -
Negri bodies
Cord factor: Microbiology
Call - Exner bodies
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge


32. A09Pancoast's tumor -

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33. Corenybacterium D & Nocardia -
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)


34. Interstitial Fibrosis -
Honeycomb lung on X- ray
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
Reinke crystals


35. A03Celiac disease -
Floppy Baby
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Antigliadin antibodies


36. Bernard - Soulier disease -
Night blindness leading to tunnel vision
Defect in platelet adhesion
Bronchogenic apical tumor associated with Horner's syndrome
Renal epithelial casts in urine


37. Naked for CPRat: Calcivirus
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Naked RNA: Microbology


38. Bacterial vaginosis -
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Clue cells on wet mount
Lactose formers: Microbiology


39. A06Lead poisoning -

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40. Post mortem clots -
Currant Jelly appearance
ADA Deficiency
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules
Rose Bush Thorns


41. Coarctation of the aorta
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Antiplatelet antibodies
Rib notching


42. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Kussmaul hypernea
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Bagassosis
Lytic bone lesions on XR


43. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Antigliadin antibodies


44. Patent ductus arteriosus -
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
Continuous machinery murmur
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology


45. Staph. Saprophyticus -
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Currant - jelly sputum
Rice water stool
Blurred yellowing vision headache


46. Rotor's syndrome -
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Anticentromere Antibodies
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Dynein defect


47. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -
Peau d'orange
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Kerley B lines
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities


48. A00Papovavirus & Hepadnavirus -
Nutmeg liver
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Sabourauda Agar
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology


49. Granulosa Theca Cell Tumor of the Ovary -
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Bulla in lung
Atypical lymphocytosis


50. Mitral valve prolapse -
Pruritus after bath/shower
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Mid systolic click
Protozoa: Microbiology