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1. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
Caisson disease
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)

2. Cholera
Relapsing Fever
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Bence Jones proteins
Rice water stool

3. SHYPSat Shigella Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis) Proteus Salmonella -
Cat Scratch Disease
Clue cells on wet mount
Cowdry type A bodies
Non lactose formers: Microbiology

4. A06IgA Nephropathy -

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5. Thallasemia major -
HbS presence
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
HbF presence
Podagra

6. Cryptococcus neoformans -
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Cold Nodules

7. A09SLE -
Butterfly rash
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
IgA Proteases: Microbiology

8. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Rice water stool
Red - man syndrome due to antibiotics
Anticentromere Antibodies

9. A07oral cancer. -
Cold abscesses
Betel nuts
ASO
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)

10. Appendicitis -

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11. Minimal change disease
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Myxedema
Podocyte fusion
Cat Scratch Disease

12. Bacilus Cerues -
Sandpaper rash
Antigliadin antibodies
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
HLA- B27

13. Post mortem clots -
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Currant Jelly appearance
Lisch nodules
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect

14. Gram (+): Bacillus & Clostridium made up of dipicolinate & Keratin -
Endospores G(+): Microbiology
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Parasites & CA: S. mansoni
Boutonniere deformity

15. Liquefied TB lesions similar to pyogenic abscesses but lacking acute inflammation -
Neurofibrillary tangles
Cold abscesses
Blueberry muffin spots
Antihistone antibodies

16. Cystic fibrosis
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
McBurney's sign
Rose Bush Thorns

17. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology

18. Clindamycin
Bilateral bell's palsy with target lesion on skin
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
D- Dimers
Burkitt's lymphoma

19. Huntington's disease -
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
Auer Rods
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology

20. A02Pemphigus Vulgaris -
Headache in band - like distribution
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass

21. Naked for CPRat: Calcivirus
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
Naked RNA: Microbology
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)

22. A04Mononucleosis -
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Clue cells on wet mount
Rhomboid crystals
Atypical lymphocytosis

23. Chronic pancreatitis
Radiating Back Pain
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Gray- baby syndrome
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules

24. H. Influenzae (needs factors V & X for growth) Strep. Pneumoniae N. meningitidis N. gonnorhoae W/ this activity these bugs are able to colonize the oral mucosa. -
Marble Bone
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology

25. Macrocytic anemia -
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Deleted dystrophin gene (X- linked recessive)

26. Endocarditis -

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27. A07Sarcoidosis -
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Positive Murphy's
Heberden's nodes
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology

28. Lung - -'A19Paragonimus Westermani - Lung fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -
eating raw fish
Acute Cold Agglutination
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology

29. Legionella pneumophila -
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
Autosplenectomy

30. Cor pulmonale
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Osler's nodes - Tender lesions of fingers & toes.
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Bulla in lung

31. Guillain - Barre Syndrome
Cold agglutinins
(+) Frei Test
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
eating raw fish

32. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)
Sail sign
Hypochromic microcytosis
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology

33. Alcoholic liver disease -
Bad canned foods
Mallory bodies
McBurney's sign
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology

34. Haemophilus influenzae -
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Branching rods in oral infection
Podocyte fusion
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology

35. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Radiating Back Pain
Headache in band - like distribution
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology

36. 'A00Chlamydia trachomatis types L1 - L2 - L3 = Lymphogranuloma venereum' -
(+) Frei Test
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology
Aschoff bodies - (painless fibrinoid nodule in myocardium)
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate

37. Precocious puberty - cafe - au - lait spots - short stature - young girls - A41Albright's syndrome -
Lisch nodules
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology

38. A01Strep. Viridans (Subacute Endocarditis) -
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology
Howell - Jolly bodies
Cogwheel rigidity
Diminished absent lower limb pulses

39. A06Present in Kleinfelters: Male: XXY Not present in Turner's: Female: XO -
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Infant on cow's milk diet
Barr Body
Bronze skin

40. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Jarisch - Herxheimer reaction
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Red urine in the morning

41. Vaginal Adenosis - Some develop clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina & cervix -
Bronze skin
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate

42. Legionella pneumophila -
Positive Murphy's
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
Herald patch

43. 'A38Vancomycin - aminoglycosides' -
Oto - and nephrotoxicity due to antibiotics
Schiller - Duval bodies
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection

44. Rabies Negri bodies intracytoplasmic Pox virus Guarnieri intracytoplasmic & acidophilic CMV Owl's eyes intracytoplasmic & intranuclear HSV Cowdry bodies intranuclear -
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Berger's Disease
Rash on palms and soles
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward

45. Galactosemia -
Burkitt's lymphoma
Pick bodies
Oral ulcers / genital ulcers / arthritis
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.

46. CHF -
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Nutmeg liver
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)

47. CMV -

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48. Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Niacin production: Microbiology
HbF -
Reed - Stenberg cells
Buerger's disease

49. Predisposition to gastric carcinoma -
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology
HbF -
Clue cells on wet mount
Chronic atrophic gastritis

50. Hereditary Spherocytosis
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Donovan bodies
No arm pronation