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A patient is rushed to the emergency room. Blood cultures reveal an infection with an organism that is glucose fermentation (+), lactose fermentation (+), produces a green metallic sheen on EMB, and produces no evidence of H2S on TSI media. What pathogen is likely responsible for this patients illness?

A young man consumes a sizable quantity of food that was left sitting out at room temperature all day. Within 12 hours, he begins to have relentless, watery diarrhea as the result of the _________ triggering _______.

For patients suffering from enterohemorrhagic colitis, why is treatment with antibiotics contraindicated for patients experiencing from mild to moderate disease?

Which hepatitis virus, when present as a single pathogen, is responsible for the most severe disease?

Which of the following viral pathogens is NOT spread by the respiratory route?

Vaccination varicella-zoster virus  is intended to:

Enteric fevers occasionally result in the long-term infection of “chronic carriers”. In these patients, organ removal may be the only means of eradicating the bacterium. What is the name of the medical procedure in which this organ is removed?

The development of the “wet phase” of malaria begins when

BONUS: Which of the following is most likely to cause Black Water Fever?

Tinea versicolor is a