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Antibiotics
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Potpourri
100

Second line agent used to treat Listeria meningitis

What is Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

100

This is the prophylactic antimicrobial of choice for recurrent cellulitis

What is oral penicillin (Pen VK)

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 is the likely organism causing a wound infection after leech therapy for congested muscle flaps for breast reconstruction surgery

What is Aeromonas spp

300

This commonly used antibiotic used to be called "Mississippi Mud"

What is Vancomycin

300

The Black Death in Europe occurred in this century

What is the 14th century

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

Injecting black tar heroin into subcutaneous tissue "skin popping" has resulted in several outbreaks of this condition, esp on the west coast

What is wound botulism

400

This class of antifungals has no activity against Cryptococcus

What are the echinocandins

400

This was the first vaccine ever developed

What is the Smallpox vaccine

400

This is the most common sexually transmitted infection

What is Human Papilloma virus (HPV) infection

500

These two common viruses can cause a polio like acute flaccid paralysis 

What are Enterovirus and West Nile virus

500

This infection, caused by a Poxvirus, can be seen in humans after a bite of a sheep


What is Orf

500

This is the pharmacodynamic parameter of efficacy of beta-lactams 

What is time above the MIC

500

The number of US presidents that have had malaria

What is 13

500

This is the most contagious infection

What is measles