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This pathogen is classically associated with a “sailor tattoo” of painful erysipeloid skin lesions from fish or meat handling.
What is Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae?
This paramyxovirus is a leading cause of respiratory failure in infants and high-risk adults, and monoclonal antibody prophylaxis is now available.
What is RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)?
This carbapenemase enzyme, first identified in India, is named after a city there
What is New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)?
The vector for dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses is this mosquito species.
What is Aedes aegypti (or Aedes albopictus)?
This zoonotic infection causes Q fever and is linked to livestock and unpasteurized dairy.
What is Coxiella burnetii?
This dimorphic fungus is known for causing “desert rheumatism,” a triad of fever, arthralgia, and erythema nodosum.
What is Coccidioides immitis?
This herpesvirus is associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma.
What is HHV-8?
The “KPC” in KPC-producing Klebsiella stands for this
What is Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase?
This bacterial infection, known as rat-borne leptospirosis, can present with conjunctival suffusion and jaundice.
What is Weil’s disease?
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is primarily transmitted via aerosolized droppings from this rodent.
What is the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)?
This zoonotic pathogen causes an ulceroglandular syndrome and is transmitted by deer flies or rabbits.
What is Francisella tularensis?
This diagnostic finding, known as the "owl's eye inclusion," is pathognomonic for this viral infection
What is CMV?
This WHO priority pathogen is notorious for causing ventilator-associated pneumonia and is often MDR, particularly in ICU settings.
What is Acinetobacter baumannii?
This helminth infection is transmitted by walking barefoot on contaminated soil and causes iron deficiency anemia.
What is hookworm (Necator americanus or Ancylostoma duodenale)?
This bacterial zoonosis, associated with dog and cat bites, is a common cause of cellulitis and sepsis.
What is Capnocytophaga canimorsus?
The “rose gardener’s disease” is caused by this thermally dimorphic fungus.
What is Sporothrix schenckii?
This virus was responsible for the first known outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in a laboratory in 1967.
What is Marburg virus?
VanA and VanB are operons mediating resistance to this antibiotic class.
What are glycopeptides (e.g., vancomycin)?
This mycobacterial infection, endemic to Papua New Guinea, causes extensive ulcers known as Buruli ulcers.
What is Mycobacterium ulcerans?
This zoonotic filarial nematode is transmitted through consumption of raw or undercooked frogs or snakes.
What is Gnathostoma spinigerum?
The triad of conjunctivitis, preauricular lymphadenopathy, and fever is associated with this zoonotic infection from cats.
What is Parinaud oculoglandular syndrome (from Bartonella henselae)?
This arenavirus caused the 2022 outbreak in Ghana, with person-to-person transmission and high fatality.
What is Marburg virus (from the same family as Ebola)?
This unusual Gram-negative coccobacillus, intrinsically resistant to many β-lactams, is often isolated from cystic fibrosis patients and causes “cepacia syndrome.”
What is Burkholderia cepacia complex?
This filarial nematode causes river blindness and is transmitted by blackflies.
What is Onchocerca volvulus?
Hydatid cyst disease is caused by the larval stage of this tapeworm.
What is Echinococcus granulosus?