Rise of the Resistance
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Pick your Poison
You are not Immune
Down with the h-IP-e
100
Signature Tenofovir Resistance Mutation
K65R
100
This intraerythrocytic pathogen
Babesia spp.
(Maltese cross)
100
Name 2 causes of pre-formed toxin causing GI symptoms
Staph aureus
Bacillus cereus
Clostridium perfringens
100
Cause of recurrent Neisseria infections
Terminal complement deficiency (C5-C9)
100
Precautions for VRE
Standard
200
Name two bacteria intrinsically resistant to Vancomycin
Lactobacillus
Leuconostoc
Erysipelothrix
Pediococcus
200
Pathogen responsible for causing this liver abscess:
Klebsiella pneumoniae
(string sign)
200
GI symptoms wtihin 24h of eating shellfish followed by temporary memory loss resolving within hours to days
Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning
200
Cause of recurrent sinopulomary infections, enteric infections diagnosed by impaired response to new or recall immunization
CVID
(common variable immunodeficiency)
200
Name 3 diseases requiring airborne isolation
Smallpox, Measles, TB, SARS, Varicella, Mpox, COVID-19
300
Two ganciclovir resistance genes in CMV
UL97 & UL54
300
Cause of these lesions in a septic, cirrhotic patient
Vibrio vulnificus
300
Rash, diarrhea, flushing,& burning lips hours after eating reef fish
Scrombroid
(histamine fish poisoning)
300
Recurrent cutaneous and sinopulmonary infections, partial albinism, peripheral neuropathy diagnosed by giant blue granules in neutrophils
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
300
The single most effective intervention in preventing health-care associated infection
Hand Hygiene
400
Echinocandin resistance is primarily mediated my mutations in this drug target gene
FKS1
400
Biopsy of ulceration shows AFB:
Mycobacterium ulcerans
(Buruli ulcer)
400
Diarrhea, hemolytic anemia, & thrombocytopenia following infection with this organism
STEC
(Shiga-Toxin producing E. coli)
400
Immunologic cause of invasive Aspergillosis or Nocardia in a young, otherwise normal host
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
400
Number of air exchanges needed for an effective negative pressure room
12 exchanges/hour
500
Besides A. terreus, name two fungi resistant to Amphotericin
Scedosporium spp
Candida lusitaniae
Chromoblastomycosis
Some Fusarium spp
500
Lactophenol cotton blue stain of blood showing “daisy-shaped” sporangia:
Prototheca wickerhamii
(algae)
500
Numbness of lips, burning of extremities, vomiting, & temperature reversal 30 minutes after eating coral reef fish; may progress to respiratory failure
Ciguatera
(due to algae toxin)
500
Recurrent Staph aureus or GAS skin infections,invasive Aspergillosis, hypereosinophilia, eczema & delayed dental deciduation; diagnosed by mutations in STAT3
Hyper IgE Syndrome
(Job’s)
500
The first step in an outbreak investigation
Establishing the existence of an epidemic