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Micro Resp One Liners
Respiratory buzz words
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Microbiology
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01/18/2013

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Broad-based budding yeast
Definition
Blastomyces
Term
Bull neck
Definition
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Term
Catcher’s stance
Definition
Haemophilus influenza type B
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Cherry red epiglottis
Definition
Hemophilus influenzae
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Cold-agglutinin positive
Definition
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Consumption
Definition
Old name for Tuberculosis
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Cottage-cheese granuloma
Definition
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Currant jelly sputum
Definition
Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Dented helmets
Definition
Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP)
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Downey cell
Definition
Herpes virus causing pharyngitis
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Farmer’s lung
Definition
Allergic aspergillosis/hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
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Fungal ball
Definition
Aspergillosis (aspergilloma)
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Grape-like smell in culture
Definition
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Green sputum in cystic fibrosis patient
Definition
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar
Definition
Haemophilus influenza
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Heterophile antibody-positive
Definition
Epstein-Barr virus
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Kidney bean-shaped diplococci
Definition
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Koplik spot
Definition
Measles – paramyxovirus, negative sense, ssRNA, enveloped helical
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Lancet-shaped diplococci
Definition
Streptococcus pneumonia
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Many PMNs in sputum, no organisms seen
Definition
Atypical pneumonia: M. pneumonia,
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Mediastinal widening
Definition
Bacillus anthracis
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Nonfermenter
Definition
Acinetobater, Bordatella, Burkholderia, Legionella, Moraxella, Pseudomonas
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Owl’s eye inclusion
Definition
CMV: heterophile negative
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Parrot fever
Definition
Chlamydophila psittaci
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Pilot’s wheel
Definition
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
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Rabbit fever
Definition
Francisella tularensis, buffered charcoal yeast agar, cysteine glucose blood agar
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Rust-colored sputum
Definition
Streptococcus pneumonia, Paragonimus westermani (lung fluke) – sputum will also have parasitic eggs
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