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1. A07Lyme disease -

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2. Raynaud's Syndrome
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Cogwheel rigidity
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities

3. Wallenberg's syndrome
PICA Thrombosis
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
Pulseless disease

4. Associated with severe burns - A22Curling's ulcer -
Rib notching
Floppy Baby
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Gastric ulcer: Acute

5. Chronic Bronchitis
Reid index (increased)
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Kerley B lines
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts

6. A03Drug - induced SLE -
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Antihistone antibodies
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology

7. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Exotoxin A: Microbiology

8. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia -
Defect in platelet aggregation
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450
Defect in platelet adhesion
Cotton wool spots

9. Osteosarcoma -

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10. CHF -
Nutmeg liver
Christmas tree patterned rash
Eburnation
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.

11. Tay- Sachs - Niemann Pick Disease - Central Retinal Artery Occlusion -
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
Iduronidase deficiency
Increased Uric acid levels
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)

12. Tetracycline -
Ghon focus
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Defect in platelet adhesion

13. Parkinson's disease -
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Enterotoxin: Microbiology
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
Baker's cyst in popliteal fossa

14. Bacterial vaginosis -
Heberden's nodes
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Clue cells on wet mount
Only dsRNA: Microbiology

15. Rapidly progressive GN nephritic syndrome Associated w/ multi system disease or post - strep/post infectious glomerular nephritis -

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16. 'A27Neisseria - Haemophilus - S. pneumoniae' -
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Cobblestoning
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

17. Diabetic nephropathy -
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules
- cAMP: Microbiology
Cheyne - Stokes respirations

18. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -
HGPRT deficiency e
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Sensitive: Microbiology
Auer Rods
Positive Murphy's

19. Malignant mesothelioma -
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Holosystolic murmur
Occupational exposure to Asbestos

20. 'A01Contains digoxin Implicated as a cause of Hodgkin
Agent Orange
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct

21. Peyronie's Disease
Osler's nodes - Tender lesions of fingers & toes.
Penile fibrosis
Peau d'orange
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward

22. Streptococcus pyogenes -
Roth's Spots in Retina - (hemorrhage w/ pale center)
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
M protein: Microbiology

23. Pseudomonas aeroginosa. -
Butterfly rash
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
HGPRT deficiency e

24. A00Lead poisoning -
Niacin production: Microbiology
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Arachnodactyly
Berger's Disease

25. % of gas gangrene (myonecrosis) cases: Microbiology - A18Clostridium Perfringens -
Cord factor: Microbiology
Owl's eye
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Coagulase (+): Microbiology

26. Fungal media
Sabrands: Microbiology
Bouchard's nodes
Peau d'orange
Rotor's Syndrome

27. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Red urine in the morning
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Podocyte Effacement

28. 'A25Reiter's syndrome - ankylosing spondylitis' -
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Aschoff bodies - (painless fibrinoid nodule in myocardium)
HLA- B27
Loffler's Medium: Microbiology

29. Pyrazinamide
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics

30. Cheese - vegetables (coleslaw) - in recent infections - A33Listeria -
Milk
Periosteal elevation on XR
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day

31. Sporothrix schenckii
Heterophil antibodies
Keto & Gluco amino acids
Rose Bush Thorns
Pseudorosettes

32. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease
Condylomata lata
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Podocyte Effacement
Pink Puffer

33. Down syndrome -
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Continuous machinery murmur
Palmar crease/simian crease
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward

34. Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida - Anencephaly -
Chancroid (painful)
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate

35. Hypersexuality - Hyperorality - Hyperdocility - A26Kluver - Bucy syndrome (amygdala) -
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Hyperphagia
RBC Osmotic Fragility

36. Squamous cell carcinoma -
Reed - Stenberg cells
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Keratin pearls
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology

37. A04Rheumatic Fever -
Aschoff bodies - (painless fibrinoid nodule in myocardium)
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology

38. Legionella pneumophila -
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology
Osler's nodes

39. Iron deficiency anaemia -

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40. Sheehan's syndrome (pituitary infarction) -
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Lucid interval
No lactation postpartum

41. Staph. Epidermidis -
Palmar crease/simian crease
Blueberry muffin spots
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton

42. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -
Continuous machinery murmur
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Sail sign

43. A04Mononucleosis -
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Arachnodactyly
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Atypical lymphocytosis

44. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis -
Butterfly rash
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Friction Rub

45. Culture for all Fungi ie…Culture Cryptococcus neofromans which is found in pigeon droppings
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Sabourauda Agar
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever

46. Associated with CNS injury - A22Cushing's ulcers -
Nutmeg liver
Diminished reflexes
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Rhomboid crystals

47. Dubin - Johnson synrome -
Only dsRNA: Microbiology
Cerebriform nuclei
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Horner's syndrome

48. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Hofbauer Cells
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
Sabourauda Agar

49. Zygomycosis: Rhizopus & Mucor. Only mycosis w/o septate. Infect Ketoacidotic Diabetics. -
Owl's eye
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology
Ferruginous bodies
Raw seafood intoxicaiton

50. Adenovirus (type 8)
Pink Eye
Autosplenectomy
Councilman bodies
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology