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In Memoriam: Dr. Barbara Murray at McGovern Medical School- deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. Murray. She was a tremendous mentor and dear friend who paved the way for many women leaders in Infectious Diseases. 🙏💜⁦@DrLuisO⁩ ⁦IDSA⁩ ⁦ med.uth.edu/blog/2024/04/1…

Congratulations Caity Holmes! Well deserved!

A truly outstanding and accomplished group of physician-scientists! We are so proud of them!

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Please join us in congratulating Dan Foltz, PhD, who has been named director of Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sci! 👏 spr.ly/6019ef2jV

Congratulations to Marine Marine Lebrun-Corbin for a great presentation!

How does Salmonella adapt to the human host during chronic infection? Listening to a great ASM Microbe 2024 talk by Ashlee M Earl on her work with Alex Grote.

This is a great place to do virology research!

Time once again to teach the first-year medical students about medically important bacteria. The following are some questions for them. Test your knowledge!

Med Bact Lect 1: Which of the following does NOT target peptidoglycan?

Med Bact Lect 2: Which of the following plays a role in uncoupling the newly replicated bacterial chromosomes?

Med Bact Lect 3: Streptococcus pyogenes grows poorly in room air and under anaerobic conditions. It does, however, grow well in the presence of low concentrations of oxygen (less than is found in room air). Which of the following best describes S. pyogenes?

Med Bact Lect 4: A 28-year-old patient presents with fever and has blood cultures that grow catalase-positive, coagulase-positive gram-positive cocci. Which bacterium is most likely causing this infection?

Med Bact Lect 5: A 68-year-old patient presents with a fever and has blood cultures that grow catalase-negative gram-positive cocci that tolerate high concentrations of bile salts. Which bacterium is causing this infection?

Med Bact Lect 6: An 8-year-old patient presents with fever and diarrhea following exposure to a pet turtle. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this illness?

Med Bact Lect 7: A 54-year-old patient who repairs HVAC systems presents with a fever, cough, and gastrointestinal complaints. He is diagnosed with Legionairre’s Disease. The causative bacterium uses which of the following to block phagosome fusion with lysosomes?

So well deserved! Congratulations!

Med Bact Lect 8: Which of the following is NOT acquired by tick bites?

Med Bact Lect 9: True or False: The PPD skin test is a sensitive test for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis disease.

Many thanks to those who responded to the Med Micro questions. Here are the answers: 1. D 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. False