NBME Sample Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2022

RSV is an RNA virus that enters the cell via a fusion protein Correct Answer-(which is the target of the prophylactic monoclonal antibody drug Palivizumab) Gram-positive rods in a diabetic foot wound (or a World War I soldier fighting in a trench) means Correct Answer-means Clostridium perfringens (the causative organism of gas gangrene). Crepitus means gas in the tissues, which is produced as a byproduct of its highly virulent alpha toxin Crepitus Correct Answer-means gas in the tissues, which is produced as a byproduct of its highly virulent alpha toxin Clostridium perfringens Correct Answer-(the causative organism of gas gangrene). The causative organism of a a necrotizing wound with a purplish. black discoloration Correct Answermost likely produces an alpha toxin virulence factor With Von Willebrand's Correct Answer-the only laboratory abnormality is increased bleeding time (literally you prick the patient and see how long it takes them to stop bleeding).