Bacteria
Guillain-Barré syndrome following diarrheal illness
Campylobacter jejuni
A child with croup, barking cough, and steeple sign
Parainfluenza
Narrow-based budding yeast in a patient with cutaneous nodules
Cryptococcus neoformans
Fatty, malabsorptive diarrhea and is transmitted via contaminated water
Giardia lamblia
Mutation in 30S ribosomal proteins confers resistance to which antibiotic class?
Aminoglycosides
Which bacterium produces IgA protease and ferments maltose?
Neisseria meningitidis
Associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
EBV
Which fungal toxin is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma?
Trophozoite stage that is pear-shaped and motile via flagella
Trichomonas vaginalis
Which antimalarial inhibits heme polymerization in RBCs?
Chloroquine
Which organism causes septic arthritis in patients with sickle cell disease?
Salmonella spp
Negative sense RNA, replicates in nucleus
Chronic granulomatous skin lesions after gardening
Sporothrix schenckii
Helminth is transmitted via ingestion of undercooked pork and can cause neurocysticercosis
Taenia solium
Which drug is used to treat cestode infections and prevents glucose uptake?
Praziquantel
A patient with hemochromatosis develops sepsis after eating raw oyster
Vibrio vulnificus
Causes hemorrhagic fever and replicates in the cytoplasm
Ebola
Staining method for fungus causes opportunistic pneumonia in AIDS patients with CD4 <200
Methenamine silver
Invades intestinal epithelial cells and causes flask-shaped ulcers
Entamoeba histolytica
Which viral enzyme is selectively inhibited by acyclovir
DNA polymerase
Aortic valve endocarditis with negative blood cultures and exposure to farm animals
Coxiella burnetii
RNA virus, blood transmission, progress to cirrhosis or carcinoma
HCV
Which fungus causes superficial infection of keratinized tissues and can fluoresce under Wood’s lamp?
Microsporum spp
Trematode infection is associated with hematuria and bladder carcinoma
Schistosoma haematobium
Terbinafine inhibits an enzyme, and what accumulates as a result?
Squalene