Chlamydia psittaci US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Chlamydia psittaci with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Chlamydia psittaci Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Which life cycle stage of Chlamydia spp. is extracellular?_____
Answer: Elementary body
Flashcard 2: _____ is the most common cause of atypical pneumonia in young adults
Answer: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Flashcard 3: Which life cycle stage of Chlamydia spp. undergoes replication?_____
Answer: Reticular Body
Flashcard 4: Which Rickettsia spp. can result in pneumonia?_____
Answer: Rickettsia prowazekii
Flashcard 5: Which form of Chlamydia spp. is infectious?_____
Answer: Elementary body
Flashcard 6: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Answer:
Extra: Eaton's agar atypical "walking" pneumonia macrolide or flouroquinolone
Flashcard 7: What are the key associations to remember for cold agglutinin?
Answer: IgM, Mycoplasma, Mononucleosis (EBV)
Flashcard 8: Mycoplasmal pneumonia
Answer: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Extra: pneumonia with insidious onset, headache, nonproductive cough, diffuse interstitial infiltrate lung X-ray: diffuse interstitial inflitrate macrolide or flouroquinolone <30 y/o, military recruits and prisoners
Flashcard 9: What factor explains Mycoplasma's inability to Gram stain?
Answer: no cell wall!
Flashcard 10: Nocardia spp.
Answer: +
Extra: branching filaments resembling fungi aerobe acid fast pneumonia in immunocompromised, cutaneous infections of trauma in immunocompetent sulfonamides
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