An elderly patient developed sepsis as a complication of a CA-UTI during hospitalization. The pathogen is a carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). All of the following apply EXCEPT

In 2020, 377,883 people died from Influenza, which was the third leading cause of death in the US O True O False

A 21-year-old student presents to ED reporting with chest pain and non-productive cough that began 1 week ago. His symptoms are progressing, and he now has a low-grade fever, productive cough, weakness, hemoptysis and anorexia. Chest X-ray reveals an infiltrate in an upper left lobe of the lungs. Culture of the infiltrate reveals fungal elements of Blastomyces dermatitidis. The patient was started on an intravenous antifungal. Two weeks later patient’s serum creatinine is significantly elevated. Which of the following was most likely prescribed for this patient? Clotrimazole Itraconazole Colloidal amphotericine B Voriconazole

Match the provided infectious diseases its Causative agent (Column A), Clinical manifestation (Column B), and classification based on gram staining and morphology (Column C).   1. Bacillary Dysentery 2. Peptic Ulcer Disease 3. Gonococcal Urethritis 4. Most common cause of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults 5. Endemic Typhus 6. Black Plague 7. Second most common cause of UTI in sexually active women 8. Condyloma latum 9. Botulism  10. Meningococcemia

Bacterial (e.g., S. pneumoniae) pneumonia is commonly manifested by a cough productive of sputum, whereas with atypical (e.g., Mycoplasma pneumoniae) pneumonia, the cough is usually nonproductive or absent. Explain.

A local hospital reports an increase in admissions of toddlers for dehydration secondary to acute gastroenteritis over the past three days to the county health department. As the officer assigned to investigate, what information from the hospital do you want to obtain that will help you identify the cause of the outbreak and institute preventive measures if indicated?

Name three antimicrobial substances found in saliva.

Jonathan Miller, aged 6 years, was brought to emergency room by his parents; he was presenting with fever, severe headache, a petechial rash, stiff neck and vomiting. Jonathan had a history of recurrent sinusitis and otitis media, all caused by pyogenic bacteria and treated successfully with antibiotics. Suspecting bacterial meningitis, the attending physician began an immediate course of intravenous antibiotics and requested a lumbar puncture. Neisseria meningitidis was grown from the cerebrospinal fluid. The physician was concerned about the recurrence of infections caused by pyogenic bacteria, and he suspected an immunodeficiency. He ordered blood tests and found the serum complement profiles to have low C3, factor B, and factor H, and undetectable factor I. Which of the following explains why a factor I deficiency is associated with infections caused by pyogenic bacteria? a. Elevated levels of C3 convertase C3bBb interfere with the activation of the classical pathway of…

Hello, Can you please help me to describe any sign/symptom associated with human infection of Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)? (short answer if it possible). Thank you in advance!

A 10 year old child with a two week history of watery stool (diarrhea) without blood, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and headaches abruptly developed acute paralysis of the left arm and leg in the past 24 hours. Which of the following apply O Infection with Campylobacter jejuni Infection with E. coli O157:H7 (STEC/EHEC) Infection with Shigella dysenteriae Infection with Salmonella thyphimurium Infection with Clostridium perfringens