Music
Fungal infection that Bob Dylan contracted in 1997
What is histoplasmosis?
The cell membrane receptor for the Shiga toxin
What is Gb3 (glycolipid globotriaosylceramide)?
On October 16, 1846, this MGH physician removed a tumor from the neck of Gilbert Abbott as the first public demonstration of ether as an anesthetic agent
Who is John Collins Warren?
The writer of The Great Gatsby had a tumultuous marriage with this Southern socialite
Who is Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald?
Inventor of the stethoscope
Who is René Laennec?
This New York City music club, which opened in 1973, was famous for hardcore punk acts
What is CBGBs?
65 y/o M with AML s/p treatment now c/b neutropenia, receiving ACV, posa, levaquin, bactrim ppx found to have onychomycosis and rapidly evolving ecthyma gangrenosum. Blood cultures come back positive for an organism...
What is Fusarium?
The first patient to be admitted to the Bulfinch Building on Sept 1, 1821
Who was a 30 y/o horse saddler with syphilis?
What disease did Andy Warhol have as a child?
Scarlet Fever c/b Sydenham's Chorea
The agglutination test for the diagnosis of rickettsial infections
For this song, what the lead singer died from
Clue: Andes, fever, hemolytic anemia, high fatality
The organism and disease(s)
What is Bartonella bacilliformis?
Father of hepatology, founder of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Who is Hans Popper?
The full name for the author of The Catcher in the Rye
He discovered Streptomycin
Who is Selman Waksman?
For this song, the origin of the band name
A Clockwork Orange
A 20 y/o M from Minnesota who kisses his pet rat daily p/w fever, arthralgia, found to have a petechial rash, tongue ulcer, and cervical LAD
What is Streptobacillus moniliformis?
Rosen-Castleman-Liebow Syndrome
What is Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis?
When Paradise Lost was written
What are the mid-1600s?
This real-life Scarface died due to severe consequences of this disease
Who is Al Capone?
A healer's pet
A 22 y/o M with a recent trip to Hawaii is presenting with headache, malaise, double vision, and fever. CSF studies: 1N, 9M, 29L, 61E, Prot 343, Glu 36.
What is Angiostrongylus cantonensis?
The disease that is a delayed relapse of epidemic typhus
What is Brill-Zinsser?
The number of Ernest Hemingway’s ten novels that were published posthumously
What is 3?
Koch's Postulates
1. Organism found in diseased, not healthy
2. Organism can be isolated from the diseased and grown in culture
3. Organism should cause disease when introduced into a healthy organism
4. Can be reisolated from the inoculated