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Infectología Flashcards

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Term for objects or materials which are able to transmit infection if contaminated

ACP June 2024

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Fomite (accept fomes)

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Name for measles infection in patients with preexisting but incompletely protective anti-measles antibody

ACP June 2024

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Modified measles

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Systemic reaction to endotoxin-like products released by the death of harmful microorganisms following initiation of antibiotic treatment

ACP June 2024

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

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Bacterial species associated with bacillary angiomatosis

ACP June 2024

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Bartonella

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Antibiotic treament of choice for infection with the waterborne intestinal protozoan Cyclospora cayetanensis

ACP June 2024

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Trimathoprim-sulfamethoxazole

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The most common bacterium infecting adult joints

ACP July 2019

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S. aureus (accept MRSA)

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Antibiotic treatment duration for Lyme arthritis without neurologic involvement

ACP July 2019

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28 days

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Most likely organism responsible for this patient’s CSF findings

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ACP July 2019

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Initial skin decontamination procedure for exposure to HIV containing fluid

ACP July 2019

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Wash with soap and water

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The two antiretroviral drugs indicated for HIV preexposure prophylaxis

ACP July 2019

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Tenofovir-emtricitabine (do not accept Truvada)

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Most common cause of health-care related diarrhea

ACP November 2016

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Clostridium difficile

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Empiric 2-drug antibiotic therapy for patient with this CSF gram-stain

ACP November 2016

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Vancomycin and 3rd generation cephalosporin (e.g., cefotaxime, ceftriaxone)

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Definition of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

ACP November 2016

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Resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin

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Infection associated with properdin deficiency

ACP November 2016

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Neisseria infection (accept either Neisseria meningitis or gonorrhea)

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Condition associated with this rash is transmitted by the Lone Star tick

ACP November 2016

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Southern tick-associated rash illness

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Recommended treatment of early localized Lyme disease in pregnancy

ACP december 2019

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Amoxicillin or cefuroxime axetil (either)

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Most likely agent causing aphasia and weakness in patient with CD4 count < 100/µL and this MRI

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ACP december 2019

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JC virus

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Drug class recommended as initial therapy for candidemia in a non-neutropenic host

ACP december 2019

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Echinocandins

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Specific type of penicillin recommended for the treatment of secondary syphilis

ACP december 2019

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A: Benzathine penicillin G

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The preferred diagnostic serology test for ehrlichiosis

ACP december 2019

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Indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test (accept PCR)

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Most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the US

ACP June 2021

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Lyme disease (accept Borrelia burgdorferi)

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Common antecedent event of jugular vein suppurative thrombophlebitis

ACP June 2021

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Acute pharyngitis (accept tonsillitis; peritonsilar abscess; Fusobacterium infection)

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Adjuvant treatment for tuberculosis meningitis

ACP June 2021

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Dexamethasone (accept steroid, glucocorticoid, corticosteroid)

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Isolation precautions for disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection

ACP June 2021

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Airborne and contact

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The 3 most common laboratory abnormalities in patients with human ehrlichia diseases

ACP June 2021

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Leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, elevated aminotransferases

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Agent causing erythema infectiosum infection

ACP August 2021

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Parvovirus B19

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32
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Antibiotic treatment duration for Lyme arthritis in the absence of neurologic involvement

ACP August 2021

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28 days

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Two most common lethal complications of direct measles infection

ACP August 2021

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Pneumonia and encephalitis

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Two most common predisposing factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

ACP August 2021

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Neutropenia and glucocorticoid use

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Therapy utilizing bacteria-specific viruses to treat bacterial infection

ACP August 2021

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Phage therapy (accept bacteriophage therapy)

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Syndrome of an infection-related toxin that produces a diffuse ‘sunburn’ rash

ACP October 2021

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Toxic shock syndrome (accept Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome)

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Viral infection associated with the development of B cell lymphomas, T cell lymphomas, and nasopharyngeal carcinomas

ACP October 2021

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Epstein-Barr virus

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The three primary patterns of West Nile neuroinvasive disease

ACP October 2021

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Meningitis, encephalitis, flaccid paralysis

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Organism responsible for the most common infectious cause of blindness worldwide

ACP October 2021

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Chlamydia trachomatis (do not accept trachoma)

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Recommended initial antimicrobial therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with HIV infection

ACP October 2021

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Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) can produce this toxin

ACP December 2017

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Shiga toxin (accept vero toxin)

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CDC prefers IGRA over tuberculin skin testing in patients with this medical history

ACP December 2017

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Previous BCG vaccination (accept BCG treatment)

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The most common organ infected by Nocardia

ACP December 2017

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Lung

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44
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Infection associated with merozoites arranged in Maltese Cross pattern in peripheral blood smear

ACP December 2017

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Babesia

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Vancomycin minimum trough concentration recommended for S. aureus vertebral osteomyelitis

ACP December 2017

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≥15 μg/mL

46
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Indication for infective endocarditis prophylaxis following cardiac transplantation

ACP September 2017

A

Valvulopathy

47
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The two most important human ehrlichial diseases

ACP September 2017

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Human monocytic ehrlichiosis and human granulocytic anaplasmosis

48
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Cause of an acute febrile reaction, headache and myalgia within the first 24 hours of erythema migrans treatment

ACP September 2017

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

49
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Interval following Td vaccination appropriate for Tdap vaccination

ACP September 2017

A

At any time

50
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L. monocytogenes meningitis treatment in penicillin allergic patient

ACP September 2017

A

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

51
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Term for immunity resulting from minimizing the number of individuals in a population susceptible to an infection

ACP April 2024

A

Herd immunity (accept herd effect; community immunity; community effect)

52
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Eponym for area of parenchymal lung consolidation with involvement of adjacent lymph nodes in primary tuberculosis infection

ACP April 2024

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Ghon complex

53
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Likely diagnosis for patient with relative bradycardia, pulse-temperature dissociation, abdominal pain, and small rose-colored skin rash

ACP April 2024

A

Enteric fever (accept typhoid fever; typhoid and paratyphoid infection)

54
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Eponymous name for severe leptospirosis infection complicated by fever, jaundice, kidney failure, and hemorrhage

ACP April 2024

A

Weil disease

55
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Primary treatment for post-kidney transplant BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy

ACP April 2024

A

Decrease immunosuppression

56
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Recommended hand hygiene intervention to limit outbreaks of Clostridioides difficile infection

ACP February 2024

A

Hand washing with soap and water (accept hand washing)

57
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Noninfectious morphological form of Giardia that adhere to the mucosa of the small bowel

ACP February 2024

A

Trophozoites

58
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Most common viral cause of recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis

ACP February 2024

A

Herpes simplex virus, type 2 (accept HSV-2; do not accept HSV alone)

59
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Primary syphilis in HIV-infected individuals is more likely to have this distinguishing clinical feature

ACP February 2024

A

Multiple chancres

60
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Bacterial genus associated with cellulitis in patients treated with leeches

ACP February 2024

61
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Organism responsible for most cases of chronic bacterial prostatitis

ACP March 2020

62
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Immediate postexposure prevention for varicella-zoster virus infection in immunocompromised patient

ACP March 2020

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Varicella-zoster immune globulin

63
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The antibodies and antigen assessed by the 4th generation HIV test

ACP March 2020

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HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibody and HIV p24 antigen (all three required)

64
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Disease that can cause these syndromes: ulceroglandular, glandular, oculoglandular, pharyngeal, typhoidal, and pneumonic

ACP March 2020

65
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The 3 most common sites for nocardiosis infection

ACP March 2020

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Lung, CNS, and skin

66
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The most common pathogen responsible for jugular vein suppurative thrombophlebitis

ACP April 2020

A

Fusobacterium necrophorum

67
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The most common symptom of primary tuberculosis

ACP April 2020

68
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This temperature threshold sustained for 1 hour defines neutropenic fever

ACP April 2020

A

> 38.0°C (100.4°F) (accept 38.0°C or 100.4°F)

69
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Clinical syndrome associated with ‘sandpaper’ rash and ‘strawberry tongue’

ACP April 2020

A

Scarlet fever

70
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Preferred antibiotic treatment of traveler’s diarrhea for travelers to Asia

ACP april 2020

A

Azithromycin

71
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Agent responsible for oral hairy leukoplakia

ACP june 2020

A

Ebstein-Barr virus infection

72
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Condition characterized by fever, hypotension, diffuse erythroderma, and multiple organ involvement

ACP June 2020

A

Toxic shock syndrome

73
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The three stages of early syphilis

ACP June 2020

A

Primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, early latent syphilis

74
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Two ocular infectious complications of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis

ACP June 2020

A

Preseptal (periorbital) cellulitis, orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess (any 2)

75
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A rapidly growing mycobacterium that is the most common cause of skin infection associated with contaminated whirlpool footbaths

ACP June 2020

A

M fortuitum, M. chelonae, or M. abscessus (any one)

76
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Tuberculin skin test threshold to initiate treatment for latent TB in a patient planning to take infliximab

ACP July 2020

77
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Most common form of naturally occurring anthrax

ACP July 2020

78
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Eponym for the pathognomonic mucosal finding of measles

ACP July 2020

A

Koplik’s spots

79
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Drug of choice for pregnant patients with life-threatening human ehrlichiosis

ACP July 2020

A

Doxycycline or rifampin (either)

80
Q

Three intestinal infections most likely to result in profuse watery diarrhea

ACP July 2020

A

Cholera, cryptosporidiosis, and Cyclospora

81
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AIDS-related primary CNS lymphoma is related to this infection

ACP June 2018

A

Epstein-Barr virus

82
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Infectious Disease Society of America single oral temperature threshold defining neutropenic fever

ACP June 2018

A

> 38.3°C (101°F)

83
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Sepsis with Capnocytophaga canimorsus is associated with this medical condition

ACP June 2018

84
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Therapy for MRSA bacteremia in vancomycin allergic patient

ACP June 2018

A

Daptomycin

85
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Mosquito genus responsible for transmitting malaria

ACP June 2018

A

Anopheles mosquito

86
Q

Dose and route of ceftriaxone to treat uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis

ACP October 2018

87
Q

Period of time to provide endocarditis prophylaxis following completely repaired congenital heart defects with prosthetic material

ACP October 2018

88
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Malaria species associated with crescent or sausage-shaped gametocytes

ACP October 2018

A

P. falciparum

89
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Most common bacterial cause of Lemierre syndrome

ACP October 2018

A

Fusobacterium necrophorum

90
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The principle tick vector for E. chaffeensis

ACP October 2018

A

Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum)

91
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IDSA guideline recommends treatment of C. difficile colitis with vancomycin for this rise in serum creatinine

ACP December 2018

A

> 1.5 × baseline (accept 1.5 )

92
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Class of antibiotics that is first-line therapy for pertussis infection

ACP December 2018

A

Macrolides

93
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Name of toxin responsible for S. aureus toxic shock syndrome

ACP December 2018

A

Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (accept: Toxic shock syndrome toxin, TSST, or TSST-1)

94
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Organism associated with ulceroglandular, glandular, oculoglandular, pharyngeal, typhoidal, and pneumonic syndromes

ACP December 2018

A

Francisella tularensis

95
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Plasmodium species which infects humans and macaque monkeys in Southeast Asia

ACP December 2018

96
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Hormone precursor used as a biomarker for bacterial infection

ACP May 2023

A

Procalcitonin

97
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Two drug combination approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection

ACP May 2023

A

Tenofovir and emtricitabine (do not accept Truvada)

98
Q

Most frequently fatal rickettsial disease in the US

ACP May 2023

A

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

99
Q

Organism responsible for cat scratch disease

ACP May 2023

A

Bartonella henselae (do not accept Bartonella alone)

100
Q

Common term for shistosomal cercarial dermatitis

ACP May 2023

A

Swimmer’s itch

101
Q

Three component tests included in the CDC-recommended initial blood test for HIV infection

ACP January 2023

A

HIV-1 antibody, HIV-2-antibody, p24 viral antigen (accept ‘HIV 1 and 2 antibodies and p24 viral antigen’, do not accept ‘viral load’)

102
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Term for strains of enteric Escherichia coli capable of producing Shiga toxin

ACP January 2023

A

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (accept enterhemorrhagic E. coli)

103
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Aspergillus-specific serum immunoassay potentially useful in diagnosing invasive infectionName of reclassified genus for Clostridium difficile

ACP January 2023

A

Galactomannan assay

104
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Genetic disorder associated with fulminant infection in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

ACP January 2023

A

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (accept G6PD deficeincy)

105
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Name of reclassified genus for Clostridium difficile

ACP January 2023

A

Clostridioides

106
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Initial symptom of Rockey Mountain Spotted Fever

ACP June 2013

107
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Measurement criterion for a positive PPD in injection drug users

ACP June 2013

108
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Infection associated with “sulfur granules” in draining sinuses

ACP June 2013

A

Actinomycosis

109
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Name of this rash caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum

Falta imagen

ACP June 2013

A

Erythrasma

110
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A gram-negative infection in HIV patients that mimics Kaposi sarcoma

ACP June 2013

A

Bacillary angiomatosis (accept organism, Bartonella)

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