Challenge: What's the causative organism?Related Questions:
1. This organism is always paired with another organism that looks just like it on gram stain but stains weakly acid fast. What is that organism?
2. What is the organism that causes Burkitt's lymphoma?
3. Sorry, I know this question sucks. What is the chromosomal mutation involved in Burkitt's lymphoma? What is the resulting protein?
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1. cat scratch disease? mumps? not sure
2. ebv
3. 8-14 c-myc.
i thought only the african type of burkitt's is located in the neck. here, we would commonly expect para-aortic nodes.
Lumpy Jaw
This is Actinomyces, filamentous branching gram positive anaerobic rods in an oral infection. The other filamentous branching gram positive rod is Nocardia which is aerobic and involved in pulmonary infections. EBV causes Burkitt’s lymphoma, associated with t(8;14) and c-myc activation.
Sources: First Aid, bact.wisc.edu.
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