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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
Chlamydia trachomatis
- Characteristics
- A to C
- Trachoma
- Follicular Conjunctivitis
- Blindness
- Africa
- L1 to 3
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Buboes
- Genital Ulcer
- D to K
- Urethritis and PID
- Neonatal Pneumonia
- Staccato Cough
- Neonatal Conjunctivitis
2 mins
Chlamydia
- Mechanism
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Assessment
- May Be Asymptomatic
- Dysuria
- Epididymitis
- Discharge
- Dyspareunia
- Interventions
- Doxycycline
- Azithromycin
- No Intercourse for 1 Week
- Treat Partners
2 mins
Anaplasmosis
- Characteristics
- Ixodes Tick
- Deer and Mice Reservoirs
- Clinical Features
- Flu-Like Symptoms
- Fever
- Rash is Rare
- Diagnosis
- Granulocytes with Cytoplasmic Morulae
- Antibody Testing
- Pancytopenia
- Management
- Doxycycline
- Rifampin
2 mins
Bartonella henselae
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Pleomorphic
- Bacillus
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cat Scratch Fever
- Lymphadenopathy
- Bacillary Angiomatosis
- Patients with AIDS
- Mimics Kaposi Sarcoma
- Benign
- Reactive Arthritis
- Non-Caseating Granuloma
2 mins
Borrelia burgdorferi
- Characteristics
- Lyme Disease
- Spirochete
- Dark-field Microscopy
- Giemsa Stain
- Silver Stain
- White-footed Mouse
- Ixodes Tick
- Babesia
- Anaplasmosis
- Signs & Symptoms
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Erythema Migrans
- Bulls Eye Rash
- Bilateral Bell's Palsy
- Conduction Defects
- Arthropathy
- Treatments
- Doxycycline
- Ceftriaxone
3 mins
Lyme Disease
- Mechanism
- Transmitted by Ticks (Vector-borne)
- Signs and Symptoms
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Bulls Eye Rash (Erythema Migrans)
- Joint Pain and Stiffness
- Facial Paralysis
- Considerations
- Antibiotics
- Prevention
2 mins
Borrelia Recurrentis
- Characteristics
- Spirochete
- Variable Surface Antigens
- Transmitted by Louse
- Clinical Manifestations
- Relapsing Fever
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Neurologic Deficits
- Cardiopulmonary Deficits
- Hematologic Disorders
- Diagnosis
- Blood Smear
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- Treatment
- Beta Lactams
- Doxycycline
2 mins
Brucella
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacillus
- Unpasteurized milk
- Goat cheese
- Inside macrophages
- Signs and Symptoms
- Lymphadenopathy
- Granulomas
- Undulating fever
- Treatment
- Doxycycline
- Gentamicin
2 mins
Campylobacter jejuni
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacillus
- Flagella
- Curved
- Corkscrew Appearance
- Oxidase-Positive
- Grows Well at 42 Degrees
- Undercooked Meat
- Unpasteurized Milk
- Animals with Diarrhea
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Reactive Arthritis
3 mins
Coxiella burnetii
- Characteristics
- Gram Negative Bacteria
- Intracellular
- Aerosol Transmission
- Affects Animal Handlers
- Presentation
- Q Fever
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Atypical Pneumonia
- Hepatitis
- Endocarditis
- Diagnosis
- Serology
- Treatment
- Doxycycline
2 mins
Ehrlichiosis
- Characteristics
- Intracellular Gram-Negative Rod
- Lone Star Tick
- Deer Reservoir
- Clinical Features
- Fever
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Rash is Rare
- Diagnostic Workup
- Antibody Testing
- Pancytopenia
- Monocytes with Cytoplasmic Morulae
- Treatment
- Doxycycline
- Tetracycline
2 mins
Francisella tularensis
- Mechanism
- Contact with Infected Animals
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Deer Fly
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacilli
- Facultative Intracellular
- Charcoal Yeast Agar with Cysteine and Iron
- Signs and Symptoms
- Ulceration
- Fever
- Painful Lymphadenopathy
- Caseating Granulomas
- Treatment
- Streptomycin
3 mins
Leptospirosis and Weil's Disease
- Epidemiology
- Tropical Regions
- Water Contaminated with Animal Urine
- Characteristics
- Leptospira interrogans
- Spirochete
- Hooked Shaped Ends
- Clinical Features
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Conjunctival Suffusion
- Photophobia
- Weil's disease
- Liver and Kidney Dysfunction
- Jaundice
- Hemorrhage
- Anemia
2 mins
Mycobacterium leprae
- Characteristics
- Acid-Fast
- Aerobic
- Likes Cool Temperature
- Diagnosis by Skin Biopsy or PCR
- Lepromatous Leprosy
- Th2 Response
- Leonine Facies
- Tuberculoid Leprosy
- TH1 Response
- Hypoesthetic Skin Plaques
- Granulomatous Response
- Treatment
- Dapsone
- Rifampin
- Clofazimine
2 mins
Pasteurella multocida
- Bacteria Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacilli
- Charcoal Yeast with Iron and Cysteine
- Zoonotic - Cats and Dogs
- Signs & Symptoms
- Cellulitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Septic Arthritis
- Treatment
- Amoxicillin-clavulanate
- Intravenous Antibiotics for Invasive Disease
2 mins
Rickettsia
- Need CoA and NAD
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Typhus
- Ehrlichiosis
- Q fever
- Arthropod vector
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash
- Weil-Felix reaction
- Treatment doxycycline
1 min
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rickettsia rickettsii
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Endemic to East Coast
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash Starts on Wrist and Ankle
- Rash migrates towards the trunk
- Thrombocytopenia
- Hyponatremia
- Elevated liver enzymes
59 secs
Salmonella Enterica Spp.
- Characteristics
- Animal and Human Reservoir
- Poultry and Eggs
- Turtles
- PMN Immune Response
- Symptoms
- Gastroenteritis
- Diarrhea
- Possibly Bloody
- Treatments
- No Antibiotics
- No Vaccine Available
2 mins
Yersinia Pestis (Black Plague)
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Oxidase-Negative
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Prairie Dogs
- Fleas
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Vw Antigen
- F1 Antigen
- Inhibits Macrophages
- Southwest Region
- Signs and Symptoms
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pneumonia
- Black Cutaneous Hemorrhagic Lesions
- Buboes
- Diagnosis
- Bipolar Giemsa Staining
3 mins
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