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). von Willebrand diseaseFrequently, On Step, bleeding women have VWD. Bleeding boys have hemophilia. Correct Answer-is by far the most common inherited bleeding diathesis.