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Antibiotics
Trivia
Potpourri
100
Second line agent used to treat Listeria meningitis
What is Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
100
This commonly used Gram positive agent can cause rhabdomyolysis and rarely eosinophilic pneumonitis
What is Daptomycin
100
This viral pandemic killed 50 million people across the globe
What is the 1918 Influenza virus (or the Spanish Flu)
100
This is the diagnostic test of choice for CNS Lyme disease
What is CSF Lyme serology
200
This organism can cause a facial/scalp rash followed by an ipsilateral stroke
What is varicella zoster virus
200
This infection which presents with skin lesions and fever caused a global outbreak that began in 2022
What is Mpox
200
This is the treatment of choice for primary and secondary syphilis in a patient with severe penicillin allergy
What is orał doxycycline 100 mg bid x 2 weeks
200
A young patient with rabies survived after use of this protocol in 2004
What is the Milwaukee Protocol
200
This antibiotic was the first quinolone
What is Nalidixic Acid
300
The two likely diagnoses in this HIV patient with CD4 count of 24
What are toxoplasmosis and CNS lymphoma
300
This commonly used antibiotic used to be called "Mississippi Mud"
What is Vancomycin
300
The "JC" in JC virus that causes PML stands for:
What is John Cunningham (the first patient the virus was isolated from)
400
Fungal organism that can cause an eosinophilic meningitis
What is Coccidioides immitis
400
This class of antifungals has no activity against Cryptococcus
What are the echinocandins
500
These two common viruses can cause a polio like acute flaccid paralysis
What are Enterovirus and West Nile virus
500
This is the pharmacodynamic parameter of efficacy of beta-lactams
What is time above the MIC