It’s Pop Quiz Friday 7/27! Can you get it right?
A patient presents with nail findings seen here. Biopsy demonstrates fungus. The patient recently saw an add for a medication, Jublia (Efinaconazole). What is the medication of action?
A. Antifungal via inhibiting fungal lanosterol 14-alpha-demethylase
B. Inhibits squalene epoxidase
C. Inhibits DNA gyrase
D. Inhibits epithelial sodium channels
E. Binds ergosterol and forms por …
A patient presents with nail findings seen here. Biopsy demonstrates fungus. The patient recently saw an add for a medication, Jublia (Efinaconazole). What is the medication of action?
A. Antifungal via inhibiting fungal lanosterol 14-alpha-demethylase
B. Inhibits squalene epoxidase
C. Inhibits DNA gyrase
D. Inhibits epithelial sodium channels
E. Binds ergosterol and forms por … Continue reading "It’s Pop Quiz Friday 7/27! Can you get it right?"
Which of the following is true about this condition?
A. Histology will show amastagotes in plasma cells.
B. Cuture is performed on MacConkey agar.
C. Diagnosis may be made by sending a sample
for real-time PCR assay to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
D. This condition does not typically resolve without treatment.
E. Treatment for cutaneous and … 
An 80-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease developed a new pruritic eruption with these cutaneous findings. What is the antigenic target of the autoantibodies generated in this condition
A. NC16A of BPAg1
B. NC16A of BPAg2
C. C-terminal of BPAg1
D. C-terminal of BPAg2
E. alpha-6-beta-4 integrin
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This patient is not a candidate for systemic therapy and declines surgical treatment. Which of the following injectable agents is an oncolytic virus that is FDA-approved for inoperable disease?
A) Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC)
B) Interleukin-2
C) GM-CSF
D) Rose bengal
E) bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)
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Which dermoscopic features are illustrated here?
A) Reticular pattern and milky-red globules
B) Atypical pigment network & blue-white veil
C) Globular pattern & radial streaks
D) Homogenous pattern & pseudopoding
E) Starburst pattern & regression
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