Frankly My Dear I Don't Give a Gram
First introduced in 1920 to detect spirochetes, this silver based stain is now more often used for identifying Bartonella and H pylori
Warthin Starry Stain
ICU outbreaks of carbapenem resistant Pseudomonads aeruginosa have repeatedly been traced to this overlooked reservoir less than 1 meter from patient beds
sink drains
In 1996 the UK confirmed that eating infected beef causes this human disease- marked on MRI by the "pulvinar" or "hockey-stick" sign
variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease
In the setting of infection, the deficiency of this vitamin can cause xeropthalmia
Vitamin A
This fellow's laptop has more browser tabs open right now than there are days in the year.
Who is Deepali?
PAS stain showing foamy macrophages in a small biopsy, confirmed by PCR, establishes the diagnosis of infection with this pathogen
Tropheryma whipplei
This gram negative organism caused an ICU outbreak after proliferating in alcohol free hand gel dispensers and was also released over San Francisco in the 1950 military test Operation Sea Spray
Serratia marcescens
Approved in 1996, this broad spectrum B-lactam antibiotic is resistant to B-lactamases and inherently stable to DHP-1, an enzyme located in the proximal tubule of the kidney
meropenem
This rare CNS complication of measles only occurs in immunocompromised patients
measles inclusion body encephalitis
This fellow once drove 25 minutes out of their way to avoid a left turn."
Who is Mayyadah?
First described in 1937 by Edward Derrick after an outbreak in slaughterhouse workers, this intracellular pathogen requires BSL-3 precautions for lab culture
Coxiella burnetti
A multinational investigation linked invasive infections from this slow-growing mycobacterium to aerosolization from heater cooler units during open heart surgery
M. chimaera
In spring 1996, over 1400 cases of GI illness across 20 US states were traced to imported raspberries contaminated with this pathogen
Cyclospora cayetanensis
In non-outbreak settings this is the age that the 1st dose of MMR vaccine is recommended in children
12 months
This fellow somehow receives every bizarre and off-the-wall page when they are on call
Who is Maria?
This mycobacterium requires iron supplementation and grows best in lower temperatures (30-32C)
Mycobacterium haemophilum
Atlanta was chosen as the site for the CDC in the 1940s largely because this disease was endemic in the southern US at the time
Malaria
This test, used in the care patients living with HIV, first received its FDA approval in 1996
HIV VL
Healthcare personnel lacking measles immunity should be excluded from work beginning on this day after exposure
day 5
This fellow has a pervasive and some may say obsessive interest in the Cleveland Monsters hockey players
Who is Emma?
Donor-derived infections with Ureaplasma spp or Mycoplasma hominis in lung transplant patients have been linked to encephalopathy with elevated serum levels of this compound
ammonia
In 2017, an outbreak in Madagascar of this bacterium spread from person-to-person as pneumonia and was fueled by funeral rites such as "famadihana" dancing with the dead
Yersinia pestis
First detected in human in Hong Kong in 1996, this virus has caused sporadic outbreaks with high mortality and more recently, spillover infections in mammals raising fears of a future pandemic
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza
Measles causes immunologic amnesia to many common pathogens by binding to his receptor on immune cells including long lived plasma cells
CD150/SLAMF1
Although this fellow endorses no personal criminal history, they do come from a place of crime.
Who is Ana? (Toledo)