PANCE Blueprint Infectious Disease (6%)

• Botulism
• Campylobacter jejuni infection
• Chlamydia
• Cholera
• Diphtheria
• Gonococcal infections
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (MRSA)
• Rheumatic fever
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Salmonellosis
• Shigellosis
• Tetanus

Fungal diseases

• Candidiasis
• Cryptococcosis
• Histoplasmosis
• Pneumocystis
• Mycobacterial diseases
• Atypical mycobacterial disease
• Tuberculosis

Parasitic diseases

• Helminth infestations
• Malaria
• Pinworms
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trichomoniasis

Prenatal transmission of disorders

• Congenital varicella
• Herpes simplex virus
• Human papillomavirus
• Zika virus

Sepsis/systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Spirochetal diseases

• Lyme disease
• Syphilis

• Cytomegalovirus infections
• Epstein-Barr virus infections
• Erythema infectiosum
• Herpes simplex virus infections
• HIV infection
• Human papillomavirus infections
• Influenza
• Measles
• Mumps
• Rabies
• Roseola
• Rubella
• Varicella-zoster virus infections

Infectious Disease System Exam

• Bartonella
• Botulism
• Campylobacter jejuni infection
• Chancroid
• Chlamydia
• Cholera
• Clostridioides difficile infection
• Diphtheria
• Gonococcal infections
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

infections

• Rheumatic fever
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Salmonellosis
• Shigellosis
• Tetanus

Fungal diseases

• Blastomycosis
• Candidiasis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Cryptococcosis
• Histoplasmosis
• Pneumocystis

Mycobacterial diseases

• Atypical mycobacterial disease
• Tuberculosis

Parasitic diseases

• Amebiasis
• Giardiasis
• Helminth infestations
• Malaria
• Pinworms
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trichomoniasis

• Congenital varicella
• Herpes simplex virus
• Human papillomavirus
• Zika virus
• Group B streptococcus Prion diseases

Prion diseases

Sepsis/systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Spirochetal diseases

• Lyme disease
• Syphilis

Viral diseases

• Coronavirus infections
• Cytomegalovirus infections
• Epstein-Barr virus infections
• Erythema infectiosum
• Herpes simplex virus infections
• HIV/AIDS
• Human papillomavirus infections
• Influenza
• Measles
• Mumps
• Polio
• Rabies
• Roseola
• Rubella
• Varicella-zoster virus infections

Infectious Disease System Exam

Here is a summary of the new additions/updates to the 2024 PANCE Infectious Diseases System Blueprint that will take effect in 2025. We are actively updating Smarty PANCE to account for the upcoming changes.

• Bacterial diseases → New topics of Bartonella, Chancroid, and C Diff infections
• Fungal diseases → New topics of Blastomycosis and Coccidioidomycosis
• Parasitic diseases → New topics of Amebiasis and Giardiasis
• Prenatal transmission of disorders → New topic of Group B Streptococcus
• New category of Prion disease
• Viral diseases → New topic of Polio