Jemese Shared "Repro/hem-onc" - 24 Picmonics
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Repro/hem-onc
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Characteristics
- Enveloped
- Double Stranded DNA
- Herpesvirus 5
- Diagnosis
- Non Heterophile Antibodies
- Owl's eye inclusions
- Signs and Symptoms
- Congenital TORCH infection
- Mononucleosis
- Pneumonia
- AIDS retinitis and esophagitis
- Infection in transplant recipients
2 mins
Epstein Barr Virus
- Characteristics
- Herpesvirus 4
- Double Stranded DNA
- Linear
- Enveloped
- Signs and Symptoms
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Virus Attaches to CD21 in B Cells
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- Burkitt's Lymphoma
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma
1 min
Epstein Barr Virus Mononucleosis
- Mononucleosis
- Fever
- Hepatomegaly
- Splenomegaly
- Pharyngitis
- Posterior Cervical Lymphadenopathy
- Atypical Lymphocytes
- Heterophile Antibodies
- Rash Develops if treated with Ampicillin
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma
2 mins
Rubella
- Characteristics
- RNA Virus
- Matonaviridae
- Enveloped
- Icosahedral
- SS Positive Linear
- Signs and Symptoms
- German Measles or Three-Day Measles
- Fever
- Postauricular Tenderness
- Lymphadenopathy
- Truncal Rash
- Arthritis
- Congenital TORCH Infection
2 mins
Leishmania donovani
- Pathophysiology
- Protozoan
- Visceral Leishmaniasis
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Spiking Fevers
- Skin Pigmentation
- Sandfly
- Diagnosis
- Macrophages with Amastigotes
- Treatment
- Amphotericin B
- Oral Miltefosine
2 mins
Toxoplasma gondii
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Cysts in Meat or Cat Feces
- Signs and Symptoms
- Brain Abscess in HIV Patients
- Ring-enhancing Brain Lesions
- Crosses Placenta in Pregnant Women
- Congenital TORCH Infection
- Treatment
- Pyrimethamine
- Sulfadiazine
2 mins
Trichomonas vaginalis
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Signs and Symptoms
- Vaginitis
- Pruritus
- Foul-smelling Greenish Frothy Discharge
- Strawberry Cervix
- Diagnosis
- Corkscrew Motility on Wet Prep
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
2 mins
Trypanosoma cruzi
- Pathophysiology
- Protozoa
- Triatomine Bug
- Kissing bug
- Painless bite
- Predominantly in South America
- Symptoms
- Chagas disease
- Romana's sign
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Megacolon
- Megaesophagus
- Diagnosis
- Blood smear
- Treatment
- Nifurtimox
- Benznidazole
2 mins
Trypanosoma Brucei
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Trypanosoma Gambiense
- Trypanosoma Rhodesiense
- Tsetse Fly
- Disease
- Painful Bite
- African Sleeping Sickness
- Recurring Fever
- Capacity for Antigenic Variation
- Enlarged Lymph Nodes
- Encephalitis
- Treatment
- Suramin for Blood-Borne Disease
- Melarsoprol for CNS Penetration
2 mins
Plasmodium General
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Malaria
- Anopheles Mosquito
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cyclic Fever
- Headache
- Anemia
- Splenomegaly
- Diagnosis
- Blood Smear
- Treatment
- Chloroquine
- Mefloquine for Resistant Types
3 mins
Plasmodium Specific
- Malariae
- Fever Every Three Days
- Vivax/Ovale
- Fever Every Two Days
- Duffy Antigen Binding Site
- Duffy often absent in Black Population
- Primaquine treats dormant form in liver
- Falciparum
- Most severe
- Irregular Cycles
- Occludes capillaries in the brain, kidneys, and lungs
4 mins
Gardnerella vaginalis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bacterial Vaginosis
- Not an STD
- Fishy Smell
- Whiff Test
- Grey Vaginal Discharge
- Increase pH
- Clue Cells
- Squamous Epithelial Cells Covered with Bacteria
- Mobiluncus Coinfection
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
2 mins
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
Haemophilus ducreyi
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacillus
- Pleomorphic
- Parallel Short Chains
- School of Fish Appearance on Gram Stain
- Signs and Symptoms
- Chancroid
- Painful Genital Ulcer
- Buboes
- Treatment
- Azithromycin
- Ceftriaxone
2 mins
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram Negative
- Diplococci
- Chocolate Agar
- Thayer-Martin Media
- VPN
- Oxidase Positive
- Glucose Fermenting
- Pilus
- Opa Surface Protein
- Rapid Antigenic Variation
- IgA Protease
2 mins
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Disease
- Signs & Symptoms
- Dysuria
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome
- Neonatal Conjunctivitis
- Pharyngitis
- Septic Arthritis
- Tenosynovitis
- Pustules On Hands And Feet
- Treatment
- Ceftriaxone
- Azithromycin
- Doxycycline
- Considerations
- C5-9 Complement Deficiency (Recurrent Infections)
2 mins
Listeria Monocytogenes Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram Positive
- Bacillus
- Intracellular
- Survives in Cold Temperature
- Actin Rocket
- Tumbling Motility
- Catalase-Positive
- Beta-Hemolytic
- Only Gram-Positive with Endotoxin-Like Structure
2 mins
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
Adult T Cell Lymphoma
- Caused by HTLV 1
- Japan, West Africa, Caribbean
- Present with cutaneous lesions
- Aggressive
1 min
Syphilis
- Characteristics
- Treponema pallidum
- Spirochete with characteristic motility
- Signs and Symptoms
- Painless chancre
- Condylomata lata
- Generalized lymphadenopathy
- Rash on palms and soles
- Aortitis
- Gummas
- Neurosyphilis
- Argyll Robertson pupils
- Vasa vasorum
- Tabes dorsalis
- Treatment
- Penicillin
- Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
2 mins
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