Ace Your First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) Classes and Exams with Picmonic: #1 Visual Mnemonic Study Tool for Physician Assistant (PA) Students
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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
Candida Albicans
- Fungi
- Yeast with Pseudohyphae at 20 Degrees C
- Germ Tube Formation at 37 Degrees C
- Pruritic Vaginitis
- White Cottage Cheese Discharge
- Fiery Red Mucosa
- Diabetics
- Antibiotic Use
- Esophageal Thrush in Immunocompromised
- Diaper Rash
- Endocarditis in IV Drug Users
2 mins
Aspergillus fumigatus
- Characteristics
- Fungi
- Monomorphic
- Septate Hyphae
- Branch at Acute Angles
- Fruiting Bodies
- Disease
- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
- Eosinophilia
- Increased IgE
- Glucocorticoids +/- Azoles
- Pulmonary Aspergillosis
- TB Cavity
- Lung Aspergilloma
- Hemoptysis
- Invasive Aspergillosis
- AIDS/Immunocompromised
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Hemorrhagic Infarction
- Necrotizing Bronchopneumonia
- Voriconazole +/- Caspofungin
3 mins
Cryptococcus neoformans
- Characteristics
- Monomorphic
- Encapsulated
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Narrow-Based Buds
- Latex Agglutination
- Pigeons
- India Ink
- Mucicarmine stain
- Signs and Symptoms
- AIDS/Immunocompromised
- Meningitis
- Soap Bubble Lesions in Brain
- Pneumonia
- Treatment
- Fluconazole
- Flucytosine
- Amphotericin
3 mins
Mucor and Rhizopus
- Characteristics
- Fungi
- Irregular Non-septate Hyphae
- Branching Wide Angles over 90 degrees
- Signs and Symptoms
- Leukemic Patients
- Proliferate due to excess ketones and glucose
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Rhinocerebral frontal lobe abscess
- Penetrate cribriform plate into brain
- Black Necrotic Eschars on Face
2 mins
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