Download Micro Buzzwords for Reproductive

Micro Buzzwords for Reproductive
Below are listed some common buzz words and phrases that are associated with specific
microorganisms. These can often be found in clinical case scenario questions. Please fill out the
specific organism next to the buzz word.
Buzz word
Beefy red ulcers
Clue cell
Condylomata lata
Copper-colored rash
Cottage cheese discharge
Dew drops on a rose petal
Donovan bodies
Frothy, yellowish-green discharge
Germ tubes
Hutchinson teeth (notched incisors)
Growth on chocolate, not on blood
Kidney-bean shaped diplococci
Koilocyte
Many PMNs, no organisms on Gram stain
Mulberry molars
Saber shins
Saddle nose
School of fish
Snuffles
Strawberry cervix
Thin, gray adherent discharge
Tzank smear
Whiff test
Organism(s)
Klebsiella granulomatis, Granuloma
inguinale (Donovanosis), painless ulcers,
Donovan bodies
Sign of bacterial vaginosis esp. Gardnerella
vaginalis (gram variable group of bacteria,
fishy odor, thin gray discharge, pH >5.5)
Secondary syphilis, Treponema pallidum
Wart like lesions on genitals
Treponema pallidum (Congenital Syphilis)
Candida
HSV
Granuloma inguinale, painless ulcers
Donovan bodies = inclusions in
macrophages
Trichomoniasis (flagellated protozoan,
strong fishy odor)
Candida albicans
Treponema pallidum (Congenital Syphilis)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Haemophilus
ducreyi (Neisseria meningitis,
Haemophilus influenzae, but not for
reproductive questions)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Neisseria spp.)
gram negative bacteria
Squamous epithelial cells infected with
HPV
Chlamydia trachomatis
Treponema pallidum (Congenital Syphilis)
Treponema pallidum (Congenital Syphilis)
Treponema pallidum (Congenital Syphilis)
Haemophilus ducreyi (causes chancroid, painful
ulcer, grows on chocolate agar, gram negative)
Streaming lines of bacteria
Treponema pallidum (Congenital Syphilis)
Trichomonas
Bacterial vaginosis
HSV
Add KOH to discharge to produce
characteristic fishy odor. Suggests
Bacterial vaginosis