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Updated: May 28 2021

Distinguishing Similar-Sounding Microbiology Terms

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  • R words
      • R words
      • Term
      • Association
      • Rubella (German measles)
      • "3-day measles," or "German measles," rash, lymphadenopathy
      • Rubeola
      • Measles, longer duration of symptoms
      • Roseola
      • HHV-6, Causes fever then rash (separated temporally) cause of febrile seizures
  • T words
      • T words
      • Term
      • Association
      • Typhoid fever
      • Salmonella typhi
      • Typhus
      • Rickettsia
      • Chlamydia trachomatis
      • Bacteria, STD
      • Treponema
      • Spirochete, causes syphilis (T. pallidum) or yaws (T. pertenue)
      • Trichomonas vaginalis
      • Protozoan, STD
      • Trypanosoma
      • Protozoan, causes Chagas' disease (T. cruzi) or African sleeping sickness (T. gambiense/rhodesiense)
      • Toxoplasma
      • Protozoan, the T in ToRCHeS infections
      • Trichinella spiralis
      • Nematode (roundworm) in undercooked meat, encysts in muscle
      • Taenia solium
      • Intestinal tapeworm (from eating larvae) or  neurocysticercosis (from eating eggs) in pork
  • L words
      • L words
      • Term
      • Association
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Gram-positive bacteria. Meningitis in neonates and elderly.
      • Legionella pneumophila
      • Gram-negative respiratory bacillus. Legionnaire's disease (atypical pneumonia).
      • Leptospira interrogans
      • Spirochete. Leptospirosis (flu-like, abdominal pain, photophobia)
      • Leishmania donovani
      • Protozoa. Leishmaniasis (spiking fevers, pancytopenia). Tx sodium stibogluconate.
  • Other
      • Other
      • Term
      • Association
      • Cryptococcus neoformans
      • Yeast, pigeon droppings, meningitis in AIDS
      • CryptosporiDium
      • Protozoa, acid-fast cysts, Diarrhea in AIDS
      • Coccidoidomycosis
      • Pulmonary fungal infection in the southwest (Valley Fever)
      • Toxoplasmosis
      • Protozoa, brain abscesses in HIV, cats
      • Histoplasmosis
      • Systemic mycosis, Mississippi River, valley pneumonia
      • Trichomonas vaginalis
      • Protozoan, STD
      • Gardnerella vaginalis
      • Gram variable, fishy smell, clue cells
  • Pharmacology
      • Pharmacology
      • Term
      • Association
      • Buproprion
      • Anti-depressant, smoking
      • Buspirone
      • Anxiolytic
      • Clozapine
      • Most effective atypical antipsychotic, agranulocytosis
      • Chlorpromazine
      • Typical anti-psychotic
      • Clomipramine
      • TCA, bed-wetting
      • Amoxapine
      • TCA, refractory depression
      • Mirtazapine
      • Tetracyclic antidepressant, anorexia
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