Transmitted by
Transmitted by an anopheles’ mosquito?
Malaria
What is the type of pneumonia named after a question mark?
Q fever
Exception of U=U?
Breast feeding
Developed the first European vaccine against smallpox?
Edward Jenner
A middle-aged man with a history of rheumatic heart disease is admitted with subacute symptoms mild fever, fatiguability and high inflammatory markers. Blood culture grew MSSA from several vials. Echo showed a small vegetation on the Mitral valve without worsening of valvular heart disease. The cardiology team and the ID team conducted a multidisciplinary team meeting and decided to start the patient on IV Cefazolin for at least 10 days then switch to oral therapy to complete a total of 6-8 weeks of therapy as an outpatient with close follow-up. This decision was based on a landmark trial that showed non-inferiority of oral step-down therapy in stable uncomplicated infective endocarditis.
What is POET-trial
Transmitted by raw milk ingestion and through airborne route exactly like Brucella?
Coxiella Brunetti (Q fever)
What infection is named after british physician who described it in Malta?
Brucelosis
First 6 months after acquiring HIV is of special importance and is named as?
Primary HIV infection
Who is credited for discovery of penicillin?
Alexander fleming
An elderly female with secondary bacteremia with an ESBL E. coli due to complicated Pyelonephritis was admitted for further management. The culture was susceptible to Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Fluoroquinolone. The medical team decided to treat with Carbapenem due to results of a large multicenter study that was conducted in multiple countries including Saudi Arabia?
What is MERINO-Trial
A fly that transmits the pathogen causing sleeping sickness?
Tsetse fly
An infection misnamed as “bad air” after the miasma theory?
Malaria
NNRTI class is inherently resistant and shouldn’t be used?
HIV-2
Which scientist discovered the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, Anthrax, and Cholera?
Robert Koch
A 68-year-old woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis undergoes surgery for a septic hip prosthesis. After debridement and implant retention, the care team faces a dilemma: continue IV therapy despite the risk of line infections or transition to oral antibiotics. A pivotal study provided evidence to resolve such high-stakes decisions.
What is the OVIVA trial?
What is the mosquito-borne illness can cause microcephaly in newborns?
Zika virus
A pathogen that was given several names in each country by their enemies as the French diseases, The Spanish diseases, the Polish diseases, the German diseases, the Christian diseases and also other names like the great Pox, the grand gore and others?
Syphilis
Recent studies show that HIV-1/2 antigen/antibody immunoassay (Combo test) screening test is 99% accurate by 45 days?
Window period
Which physician is considered the father of modern epidemiology due to his work on cholera?
John Snow
A 72-year-old patient with no significant comorbidities but a recent hip replacement surgery develops a bloodstream infection with Escherichia coli following a catheter placement for diagnostic imaging. After 7 days of treatment, his fever resolves, and repeat blood cultures are negative. The team must decide A pivotal trial, based on multicenter collaboration, found that in similar cases, 7 days of therapy was just as effective as the conventional 14-day course.
What is the BALANCE trial?
The pathogen Yersinia pestis is transmitted by?
wild rodent fleas, most often the oriental rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis
A virus was initially named HTLV-3 before correctly identified to be from a different family and correctly named as?
HIV
HIV-2 traced back to which animal?
Sooty mangabeys in west Africa
Lived from 1822 to 1895, is arguably the world's best-known microbiologist. He is widely credited for the germ theory, rabies vaccine, and other
Louis Pasteur
A 45-year-old HIV-negative woman with a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension is diagnosed with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis after several months of unresponsive treatment. Her current regimen includes injectable antibiotics, which she is unable to tolerate due to severe gastrointestinal side effects. Given her complex medical history and the limited treatment options, the medical team considers an all-oral regimen. This decision is informed by trial that demonstrated a 24-week all-oral regimen to be non-inferior to the traditional injectable treatment for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis.
What is the TB-PRACTECAL trial?