Micro
ID
Eponyms
Pick a Number
Military Ranks/Insignia
200
Patient has fever, chills and neck pain
Neisseria meningitidis in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Gram negative diplococcus
200
You discharge a patient from the hospital to complete a course of antibiotics. He returns to the ED with nausea, vomiting and flushing after having a "few drinks" at a party. What did you discharge him with?
Metronidazole (disulfiram-like reaction)
200
Specific acute clinical presentation of systemic sarcoidosis with triad of arthritis, erythema nodosum, and bilateral hilar adenopathy
Lofgren Syndrome
200
Treatment duration for Community Acquired Pneumonia
5 days
200
Air Force Technical Sergeant
400
What am I?
Blastomycosis - broad-based budding
Itraconazole for 6 - 12 months
400
You are admitting a patient for expedited LHC and the ED ordered a UA with 1+ bacteria, 10 WBC and culture has 15K CFU of gram-negative rods. The patient tells you "I feel great." Treatment of choice?
None
400
Triad of hemorrhagic nephritis, sensorineural hearing loss and characteristic ocular findings
Alport Syndrome
400
Treatment duration for COPD exacerbation with prednisone
5 days
400
Army or AF or Marine Corps
Major General
600
Treatment?
Babesiosis
Antimicrobial therapy consists of oral azithromycin (500 to 1000 mg orally per day) plus oral atovaquone (750 mg orally twice daily).
600
Bacterial infection transmitted via fecal-oral route for which there is an oral and intramuscular vaccine available
Typhoid fever (accept Salmonella typhi infection)
600
Who's triad is abdominal pain, jaundice, and fever?
Charcot's Triad- Acute Cholangitis
600
Treatment Duration for C Diff with Fidaximicin (initial episode)
10 days
600
Navy Ensign
800
Under a woods lamp. What am I?
Corynebacterium (Erythrasma)
Erythromycin
800
Treatment for Stenotrophomonas (name two)
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (preferred)
Minocycline
Levofloxacin
800
Name the eponymous sign and components associated with cardiac tamponade
Beck’s Triad
•Hypotension
•Increased central venous pressure (JVP)
•Distant heart sounds
800
Treatment Duration for uncomplicated UTI- 3 agents and their durations
Macrobid- 5 days
Bactrim- 3 days
Fosfomycin- 1 dose
Beta Lactams, FQ- 5 days
800
Navy Commander
1000
Malassezia furfur- Tinea versicolor
1000
IDSA guidelines for Recurrent C Diff Colitis
Fidaxomicin or high-dose PO Vancomycin (1st Recurrence)
Tapered or pulsed Vanc Regimen or Fidaxomicin (2nd recurrence)
1000
Pinpoint bleeding when scales are removed from psoriasis
Auspitz Sign
1000
Induction treatment and duration for cryptococcal meningitis in non-HIV patients
The minimum duration of induction therapy with amphotericin B and flucytosine is two weeks
1000
Marine Corps E7 Gunnery Sergeant