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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 pandemic killed 50 million people across the globe

What is the 1918 Influenza virus (or the Spanish Flu)

200

Fungal organism that can cause an eosinophilic meningitis

What is Coccidioides immitis

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 regimen for primary and secondary syphilis in a patient with severe penicillin allergy

What is oraƂ 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

This organism can cause a facial/scalp rash followed by an ipsilateral stroke

What is varicella zoster virus

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