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Close contacts exposed to patients with confirmed meningococcemia should be treated with prophylactic ciprofloxacin or rocephin

The presence of which finding on peripheral smear is suggestive of functional asplenia?

You are completing a lumbar puncture in a 6-week-old infant with lethargy and fever. After obtaining a head CT which was read as normal with no acute intracranial process. In addition to obtaining CSF for protein and glucose, which of the following testing is most important to obtain?

Antibiotic stewardship programs have been developed in attempts to limit increasing numbers of resistant organisms and overuse of antimicrobials. Which of the following statements are true of these programs? 

Which of the following chest X-ray findings is most indicative of an acute asthma exacerbation?

You are caring for a 14 year old with relapsed osteosarcoma who is presenting with difficulty voiding and reports lacking feeling with bladder fullness. What do you suspect is the most likely cause?

Which is the most sensitive index of disease severity in patients with pneumonia?

Which of the following diagnostic tests can help to confirm a diagnosis of sickle cell disease?

You are caring for a 6 year old who presented with fever and concerns for bacteremia. Initial blood cultures were drawn from 2 different peripheral sites. One set of cultures is growing coagulase-negative Staph. and the second has no growth at 48 hours. What is your interpretation of these findings?

You are seeing a 16 y/o with known HIV who is generally compliant with their antiviral therapy, maybe misses a dose a couple times a month. Vital Signs include Temp 38.2, HR 92, BP 112/74, RR 32, pulse oximetry 87%. Chief complaint is persistent nonproductive cough for the last 2-3 weeks. On lung exam you appreciate fine crackles bilaterally and  tachypnea. You obtain a chest x-ray that shows bilateral, diffuse, ground glass opacities. Which is the most likely cause of infection in this patient?