Download Micro Buzzwords for Respiratory

Micro Buzzwords for Respiratory
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
Broad-based budding yeast
Bull neck
Catcher’s stance
Cherry red epiglottis
Cold-agglutinin positive
Consumption
Cottage-cheese granuloma
Currant jelly sputum
Dented helmets
Downey cell
Organism(s)
Blastomyces dermatiditis
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Haemophilus influenzae type B
Haemophilus influenzae type B
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP)
Epstein-Barr virus: heterophile positive
Cytomegalovirus: heterophile negative
Farmer’s lung
Allergic aspergillosis (?)
Fungal ball
Aspergilloma, Aspergillus Spp
Grape-like smell in culture
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Green sputum in cystic fibrosis patient
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar Haemophilus influenzae
Heterophile antibody-positive
EBV
Kidney bean-shaped diplococci
Neisseria spp.
Koplik spot
Measles (Paramyxovirus, negative sense,
ssRNA, enveloped)
Lancet-shaped diplococci
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Many PMNs in sputum, no organisms seen Chlamydophilia pneumoniae
Mediastinal widening
Bacillus anthracis
Nonfermenter
Pseudomonas, Legionella, Burkholderia,
Bordatella pertussis, Acinetobacter,
Moraxella
Owl’s eye inclusion
CMV
Parrot fever
Psittacosis, Chlamydophila psittaci
Pilot’s wheel
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Rabbit fever
Francisella Tularensis
Rust-colored sputum
Streptococcus pneumonia
Paragonimus westermani (lung fluke) –
sputum will have parasitic eggs
Safety pin staining
Yersinia pestis
Salmon-colored sputum
Staphylococcus aureus
Seal bark cough
RSV (Paramyxovirus, negative sense,
ssRNA, enveloped)
Spherule
Coccidiodies
Swimming-pool conjunctivitis
Valley Fever
Weakly acid fast branching rods
Wool-sorter disease
Adenovirus (non-enveloped dsDNA)
Coccidioide immitis
Nordocaria
Bacillus anthracis