Mycobacteria overview US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Mycobacteria overview 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.
Mycobacteria overview Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Mycobacteria tuberculosis primarily resides and proliferates in _____ (cell type)
Answer: macrophages
Flashcard 2: Exposure to _____ will always* result in a positive PPD test
Answer: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (bug name)
Flashcard 3: _____ is the most common cause of atypical pneumonia in young adults
Answer: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Flashcard 4: What is the gram stain of Mycoplasma pneumoniae?_____
Answer: None (no cell wall)
Flashcard 5: What gram stain is Mycoplasma pneumoniae characterized by?_____
Answer: No stain (lacks cell wall)
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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