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A 33-year-old man is brought to the physician for a 2-day history of fever and photophobia. He has history of IV drug use. Temperature is 103 F. Physical examination shows …
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A 33-year-old man is brought in to emergency following a housefire in which he sustained extensive burns. Following one week in the burn unit, he develops a fever and tachycardia. …
HY USMLE Q #974 – Micro / Derm See Full Post
A 34-year-old man is evaluated by a physician. He is enrolled in a methadone program. Which of the following is the most appropriate next best step in pharmacologic therapy? …
HY USMLE Q #962 – Micro / Pharm See Full Post
A 9-year-old boy is brought to the physician for a 2-day history of worsening shortness of breath and dry cough. Temperature is 101 F. He had a left renal transplant …
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A 23-year-old man comes to the physician for a 1-week history of orange discoloration of his urine. Urinalysis shows 1+ blood. He has had no recent illnesses he can recall. …
HY USMLE Q #948 – Micro / Pharm See Full Post
A researcher is conducting an experiment on bacterial antibiotics resistance genes. Bacterial strain A is resistant to vancomycin; strain B is not. Both strains are incubated together over many generations …
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A 24-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia is brought to the physician by his girlfriend for a 2-day history of high fever. His neck is stiff. Which of the following …
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Conjugation, generalized transduction, specialized transduction, and transformation are known as horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which is when genes, especially those conferring antibiotics resistance, can move between bacteria asexually. These processes …
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Sarcoptes scabiei Causes scabies. Presents as itchy bodily areas (e.g., the hands) classically in patients living in close quarters like homeless shelters or group homes. Causes “linear burrows,” although these …
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Points about pharm: Nematode infections on USMLE are basically always treated with -bendazoles (i.e., mebendazole, albendazole, etc.). These are microtubule inhibitors. Don’t confuse with -azoles (antifungals). Pyrantel pamoate is another …
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