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A patient attends clinic after being becoming aggressive with mental health workers following a violent episode at work. The patient also exhibits photophobia and hydrophobia. Upon his death, autopsy reveals substantial numbers of dead neurons and oligodendrocytes (supporting cells of the brain).  What pathogen was most likely responsible for his demise?

Intoxications would be expected to have:

A patient exhibiting a textbook definition of meningitis attends hospital, where nucleic acid amplification tests identify the presence of a single stranded, positive-sense RNA virus in his cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Identify the pathogen most likely to be responsible for his disease?

An individual attends clinic exhibiting the production of a rusty (bloody) sputum and cough, but never develops pneumonia. What pathogen is most likely to be responsible?

A patient attends an STD clinic complaining of “things growing down there”. Physical examination by yourself and your partner, a 1st year medical student from Fancipants University Medical School, reveal the presence of moist, flat lesions that are neither serous (fluid blisters) nor purulent. You identify the lesions as condylomata lata, but your partner is convinced the lesions are due to HSV-2 infection. Why is your diagnosis better?

Normal flora of the male urethra are generally members of the _________, such as _________:

Which of the following pathogens would not be expected to be transmitted by fecal-oral contact?

Which HPV strains are most likely to cause papillomas of the non-genital keratinized epithelia?

Which Coronavirus made the jump to humans from an intermediate camel host?

A 1-month old patient attends hospital in the midst of a respiratory crisis. Chest imagining reveals the presence of pneumonia and bronchiolitis. A lung biopsy shows the presence of cells that appear too large and have abnormal appearance in the lung tissue specimen. What pathogen is most likely responsible for the disease?