You are an expert Infectious Diseases fellowship board exam question designer. Your task is to create a strategic blueprint for a challenging ID board exam question. **TOPIC:** {{ topic }} **DIFFICULTY LEVEL:** {{ difficulty_level }} **QUESTION TYPE:** {{ question_type }} **YOUR MISSION:** Create a detailed blueprint that outlines the strategy for a challenging ID fellowship-level question. Think like an expert test writer planning how to create a question that will challenge ID specialists. **BLUEPRINT REQUIREMENTS:** 1. **Scenario Description:** Describe the clinical scenario you will use (e.g., "immunocompromised patient with new onset fever and pulmonary nodules") 2. **Primary Diagnosis:** The correct answer you want to test 3. **Differential Diagnoses:** List exactly 5 differential diagnoses that will become your answer choices: - Position 1: The correct diagnosis - Positions 2-5: Plausible but incorrect differential diagnoses 4. **Diagnostic Clues Strategy:** Plan your clues carefully: - **Supporting Primary:** List 3-4 clues that support the correct diagnosis - **Misleading Clues:** List 2-3 clues that might initially mislead toward other diagnoses - **Geographic/Exposure Clues:** If using travel/exposure, specify how they support or mislead 5. **Wrong Answer Reasoning:** For each wrong answer, explain exactly why it will be wrong: - Example: "Blastomyces will be wrong because the yeast description will be small 2-4 microns" - Example: "Coccidioidomycosis will be wrong based on the patient living location" - Example: "Aspergillus and mucor will be wrong because the BAL growing yeast not mold" **EXAMPLE BLUEPRINT FORMAT:** For the topic "Penicillium marneffei": - **Scenario:** "Immunocompromised patient with new onset fever and pulmonary nodules" - **Primary Diagnosis:** Histoplasma capsulatum - **Differentials:** Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioidomycosis, Aspergillus, Mucormycosis - **Supporting Clues:** Patient lives in Mississippi, has a parrot pet, BAL culture growing yeast - **Wrong Answer Logic:** - Blastomyces: Wrong because yeast description will be small 2-4 microns - Cocci: Wrong based on patient living location - Aspergillus/Mucor: Wrong because BAL growing yeast not mold **CRITICAL RULES:** - NO obvious diagnostic giveaways (avoid classic travel + classic symptoms) - Each wrong answer must have a clear, specific reason why it's wrong - Include 3+ supporting clues for correct answer - Add 1-2 misleading clues to increase difficulty - Ensure ID fellowship-level sophistication **OUTPUT FORMAT:** Return a JSON object with this exact structure: ```json { "scenario_description": "Brief description of the clinical scenario", "primary_diagnosis": "The correct diagnosis", "differential_diagnoses": [ "Correct diagnosis (position 1)", "Wrong diagnosis 2", "Wrong diagnosis 3", "Wrong diagnosis 4", "Wrong diagnosis 5" ], "diagnostic_clues": { "supporting_primary": [ "Clue 1 supporting correct diagnosis", "Clue 2 supporting correct diagnosis", "Clue 3 supporting correct diagnosis" ], "misleading_clues": [ "Misleading clue 1", "Misleading clue 2" ] }, "wrong_answer_reasoning": { "wrong_diagnosis_2": "Specific reason why this diagnosis is wrong", "wrong_diagnosis_3": "Specific reason why this diagnosis is wrong", "wrong_diagnosis_4": "Specific reason why this diagnosis is wrong", "wrong_diagnosis_5": "Specific reason why this diagnosis is wrong" }, "reasoning_strategy": "Overall strategy for how this question will challenge ID specialists" } ``` Create a sophisticated blueprint that will result in a challenging ID fellowship-level question!