Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Dissemination of _____ in immunocompromised patients to the liver and spleen results in hepatosplenomegaly, with gross pathology of these organs showing calcifications

Hint: what fungus

_____ bodies are seen in Sporotrichosis.

Aspergillomas are associated with _____ or Klebsiella, as both pathologies have pre-existing cavities within the lungs

_____ leprosy is able to be contained within macrophages

According to Ridley's logarithmic scale for bacterial index, _____ rating is 1-10 bacilli, on average, in 100 oil-immersion field

_____ will characteristically present on histology as macrophages with oval bodies

Hint: which fungus

_____ of tertiary syphilis are characterized as soft growths with firm necrotic centers

Lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria _____ stimulates in-creased vascular permeability, resulting in thrombocytopenia (platelet levels) and resultant petechial rash

Histopathologic findings of _____ include small spores with a diagonal or equatorial belt-like structure

The _____ stain is used to visualize Bartonella henselae