PAMET Qatar 2nd quiz challenge Difficult Round

What is the fastest laboratory method for diagnosing Rocky Mountain Spotted fever (RMSF)?

• Blood Culture

• Indirect Fluorescent antibody

• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of rash biopsy

• Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of tissue

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), what is the most sensitive and best method for the laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease?

• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

• Culture

• Darkfield microscopy

• Serology

The Philadelphia chromosomes associated with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), involves in reciprocal translocation of genes from which two chromosomes?

• 7 & 8

• 8 &10

• 9 & 22

• 7 & 22

Which of the following red blood cell morphologic features is associated with primary myelofibrosis?

• Tear drop cells

• Sickle cells

• Spherocytes

• Target cells

What causes the characteristics heart and/or lung damage frequently demonstrated in patients with chronic eosinophilic leukemia?

• Fibrosis of the bone marrow

• Eosinophil deficiency

• Eosinophil granule release

• Increase red cell mass