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It's #IDBugBowl Pop Quiz Thursday! 🧠💡 Which chronic soft tissue disease is characterized by the presence of "grains" that are aggregates of microbes in a "cement-like matrix" produced by the pathogens and are often heavily melanized? Comment your guess! Answer reveal tomorrow.

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Happy #IDBugBowl Pop Quiz Thursday! 🧠💡 What eponymous neurologic syndrome of Lyme neuroborreliosis is characterized by severe, painful meningoradiculitis, peripheral motor paresis, and lymphocytic CSF pleocytosis? Comment your guess below! Answer reveal tomorrow.

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Happy #IDBugBowl Pop Quiz Thursday! 🧠💡 Which dematiaceous fungus was identified as the primary cause of the 2012 multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroid injections? Comment your guess below! Answer reveal tomorrow.

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Global health challenges know no borders. 🌎 Explore the Global ID track at #IDWeek2026, featuring sessions on the latest research, strategies and innovations in infectious diseases around the world. Browse IDWeek’s entire Global ID track in the Interactive Program: https://bit.ly/4wHjA77

What dermatophyte infection causes deep perifollicular granulomatous inflammation, presenting as erythematous nodules or plaques, typically after local trauma or topical steroid use, and extends beyond the superficial epidermis into the dermis? Answer reveal tomorrow.

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Spotlight your research on the global stage and submit a late-breaking abstract to #IDWeek2026! Late-breaker abstracts are highly competitive, and only abstracts containing novel, cutting-edge information will be considered. Apply by Aug. 4: https://bit.ly/4oIP89G

Happy #IDBugBowl Pop Quiz Thursday! 🧠💡 What benign urinary syndrome, classically seen in chronically catheterized patients, is characterized by a striking urine color caused by metabolism of tryptophan by enzymes produced by enteric bacteria? Answer reveal tomorrow.

Discover the latest in pediatric infectious diseases at #IDWeek2026! Explore sessions covering the latest advances, clinical challenges and innovations in pediatric infectious diseases. Browse IDWeek's entire Pediatric ID track in the Interactive Program: https://bit.ly/4eXoYvy

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Happy #IDBugBowl Pop Quiz Thursday! 🧠💡 Which Brazilian physician–scientist, whose surname is immortalized in an eponymous parasitic disease, named its causative organism after his mentor and was also the first to identify the organism later known as Pneumocystis? Guess below!

Spotlight your research on the global stage and submit a late-breaking abstract to #IDWeek2026! Late-breaker abstracts are highly competitive, and only abstracts containing novel, cutting-edge information will be considered. Apply by Aug. 4 at 11:59 p.m. ET: https://bit.ly/4oIP89G

🚨LAST CALL: Share your story on the BugHub World Stage at #IDWeek2026! IDWeek is looking for presentations that highlight work in ID and lead to greater understanding and patient care. Submit your proposed presentation by this Wed. June 24: https://bit.ly/3JwH6Rl

Don't miss the latest in transplant infectious diseases at #IDWeek2026! Explore the Transplant ID track in the Interactive Program to find sessions on emerging science, clinical management and key challenges in transplant infectious diseases: https://bit.ly/4a5CoUD

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Happy #IDBugBowl Pop Quiz Thursday! 🧠💡 Which rare free‑living ameba, associated with multiple clusters of donor‑derived infections, causes amebic encephalitis and often presents initially with a characteristic facial skin lesion? Comment your guess! Answer reveal tomorrow.

🚨Deadline approaching! Share your story on the BugHub World Stage at #IDWeek2026! IDWeek is looking for presentations that highlight work in ID and lead to greater understanding and patient care. Submit your proposed presentation by next Wed. June 24: https://bit.ly/3JwH6Rl

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Happy #IDBugBowl Pop Quiz Thursday! 🧠💡 Travelers to Southeast Asia and northern Australia should be educated to minimize skin exposure to wet season soil to avoid percutaneous inoculation with this bacterium? Comment your guess below! Answer reveal tomorrow.

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