Friday, April 4, 2008

Currant Jelly

This is the last case involving a specific association between a "Boards-useful" catch-phrase and a disease. The next few cases will be a little wacky, then back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Looks delicious yes?

Challenge: If a patient's sputum was this color, what would be the causative organism of the pneumonia?

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2 comments:

  1. AlexApril 5, 2008 at 11:10 PM

    klebsiella?

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  2. CraigApril 6, 2008 at 11:40 PM

    Currant Jelly

    Currant-jelly sputum is associated with Klebsiella pneumonia.

    Source: gkbledsoe.com

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