Chapter 20 DSM

Neonatal herpes has three major clinical presentations. Which of the following is not one of the three?

Respiratory manifestations

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Which of the following is a reason why females tend to suffer more from UTIs than males?

The urethra in women is anatomically closer to the anus, making it easier for bacteria to get introduced into the urinary system.

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Which of the following organisms is the most common causative agent of urinary tract infections (UTIs)?

Escherichia coli

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______________ is an inflammation of the bladder.

Cystitis

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Your female patient is complaining of frothy, greenish discharge, dysuria, and itchiness in her vagina. A wet mount of her vaginal discharge shows motile cells. What is she likely suffering from?

Trichomoniasis

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Which of these are stages of the life cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis?

- Elementary bodies

- Reticulate bodies

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Which of the following is a true statement about the urinary microbiome?

Lactobacillus and Streptococcus are the most consistently detected genera in the healthy urinary tract.

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Which of the following infectious agents is not part of TORCH?

Ebola virus

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Gram-stains prepared from bacteria isolated from the urine of a patient with UTI symptoms revealed purple-stained, clustered cocci. Which of the following genera likely infected the patient?

Staphylococcus

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Which of the following is not a virulence factor employed by uropathogenic Escherichia coli to establish infection?

Streptokinase

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Which of the following are features that help limit female reproductive tract infections?

- Sticky mucus

- Bacteriocins

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Chancroid is a disease caused by __________.

Haemophilus ducreyi

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Lesions on the skin and bones, heart damage, and neurological symptoms such as insomnia, vertigo, and seizures are signs and symptoms of __________ syphilis.

tertiary

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After a 10-day course of antibiotics, a female patient is complaining of vaginal itching, burning, and "cottage cheese-like" vaginal discharge. Your patient is likely suffering from __________.

candidacies

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Despite the diverse agents that can cause UTIs, they all tend to induce similar symptoms. Which of the following is not one of those signs and symptoms?

chancres

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While there are commercial test kits available for vaginosis, diagnosis is usually made based on a collection of signs called Amsel’s criteria. Which of the following is not one of those four criteria?

Greenish, frothy discharge

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__________ is the term used to describe vaginal inflammation.

vaginitis

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During the secondary stage of lymphogranuloma venereum, the causative agent enters the lymphatic vessels, replicates in the lymph nodes, and causes them to develop into __________.

buboes

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Which of the following infectious agents are commonly associated with pelvic inflammatory disease?

- Chlamydia trachomatis

- Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Which of the following is the most common STI in the United States and the world?

HPV infection

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Which of the following are incorrect statements about gonorrhea and chlamydia?

- Perinatal exposure to a mother's infected cervix can cause neonatal gonococcal conjunctivitis; this does not occur to neonates born to chlamydia-infected women

- Men and women will be symptomatic for each infection

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Which of the following is a correct statement about genital herpes?

Some genital herpes cases are so mild that people don't even know they're infected.

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Which of the following people would most likely develop an uncomplicated UTI?

Healthy individuals

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