Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1391: What opening pressure (lumbar puncture) is associated with fungal/TB meningitis? _____

Answer: Increased pressure

Flashcard 1392: Vaginal delivery, prostate surgery / hysterectomy, post-menopausal state, obesity increase risk for _____ incontinence

Answer: stress

Flashcard 1393: Sialolithiasis presents as recurrent _____-prandial pain and swelling in affected gland

Answer: pre-/peri

Flashcard 1394: Which disease caused by Legionella pneumophila is often self-limited?_____

Answer: Pontiac fever

Flashcard 1395: Is pemphigus vulgaris associated with a positive Nikolsky sign (separation of epidermis with manual stroking of skin)? _____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 1396: Vitamin B12 deficiency is characterized by _____ neutrophils

Answer: hypersegmented

Flashcard 1397: The staghorn calculi seen in struvite kidney stones may act as a nidus for _____ infection

Answer: urinary tract

Flashcard 1398: Infectious mononucleosis is associated with increased risk for _____ rupture

Answer: splenic

Flashcard 1399: Which AIDS-defining illness is caused directly by HIV?_____

Answer: HIV encephalopathy (HIV-associated dementia) or HIV wasting syndrome

Extra: Most AIDS-defining illnesses are opportunistic infections (e.g., Pneumocystis pneumonia) or malignancies caused by other viruses (e.g., Kaposi sarcoma is caused by HHV-8; Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is associated with EBV). HIV encephalopathy and HIV wasting syndrome are unique as they are caused by the direct effects of HIV itself.

Flashcard 1400: Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae is caused by enteric flora that are _____

Answer: aspirated