Extra Credit 4

Question 1

Type I necrotizing fascitiitis usually occurs…

Answer 1

After surgery

Question 2

All of the following are forms of the plague except:

Answer 2

maculopapular

Question 3

The presence of Gram negative diplococci in a purulent discharge is diagnostic for what STI?

Answer 3

chlamydia

Question 4

This disease commonly occurs as a secondary infection in immunocompromised individuals (including the elderly) and leads to septic shock if left untreated

Answer 4

bacterial septicemia

Question 5

The causative agent of gonorrhea are:

Answer 5

Gram negative diplococci

Question 6

Urinary tract infections are more common in females because:

Answer 6

They have shorter urethras, allowing bacteria to ascend more easily

Question 7

Which of the following is true about syphilis?

Answer 7

It can be transmitted congenitally through the placental barrier

Question 8

This acute viral respiratory infection is acquired from aersolized rodant feces and results in a pulmonary syndrome in which death occurs as a result of the patient’s lungs filling with fluid is known as

Answer 8

hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Question 9

Lobar pneumoniae is most prominent in which population?

Answer 9

the elderly over 60 years of age

Question 10

The lesion associated with syphilis makes an individual particularly susceptible to infection with which deadly disease-causing agent?

Answer 10

HIV

Question 11

true / false

Young people under the age of 25 account for 75% of all individuals living with HIV.

Answer 11

false

Question 12

true / false
Bacterial septicemia caused by Gram negative bacteria have a higher mortality rate than that caused by Gram positive bacteria.

Answer 12

true

Question 13

Which STI is most commonly associated with cervical cancer?

Answer 13

anogenital warts

Question 14

Entamoeba histolytica is associated with:

Answer 14

amoebic dysentery

Question 15

Which is not a way to diagnose genital herpes?

Answer 15

a throat swab

Question 16

Which of the following bacterial STIs is NOT considered a discharge disease?

Answer 16

syphilis

Question 17

Group B Streptococcus can be transmitted to an infant while the infant is passing through the birth canal, causing early onset meningitis or from mother to infant shortly after birth through breast feeding or skin contact, causing late onset meningitis. Respectively, these infections would be:

Answer 17

Perinatal; Postnatal

Question 18

This is an important virulence factor of the causative agent of lobar pneumonia.

Answer 18

a polysaccharide capsule

Question 19

true / false

Women under 20 are physiologically more susceptible to chlamydia.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

The Epstein-Barr Virus can cause (select all that apply):

Answer 20

non-malignant diseases including infectious mononucleosis

malignant diseases including Burkitt’s lymphoma

Question 21

Which eye disease is commonly associated with the turning of the eyelids inward, leading to blindness?

Answer 21

trachoma

Question 22

One of the signs and symptoms of the human papillomaviruses (HPV) are cutaneous warts found on the hands. These warts are also known as?

Answer 22

verruca

Question 23

Approximately what percentage of adults worldwide have been exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus?

Answer 23

75-95%

Question 24

To minimize the risk of antibiotic resistance, which of these is the pediatrician most likely to recommend for uncomplicated cases of bacterial conjunctivitis?

Answer 24

do nothing and the infection will shortly resolve on its own

Question 25

true / false | There is a vaccine to prevent chlamydia.

Answer 25

false

Question 26

For which of the following sexually-transmitted diseases is there an effective vaccine?

Answer 26

genital warts

Question 27

What is the most effective way to confirm signs and symptoms of bacterial septicemia?

Answer 27

blood cultures from multiple samples

Question 28

Which of the following diseases has an infectious agent that is transmitted via a bite from a female Anopheles mosquito?

Answer 28

malaria

Question 29

For which of the following STIs is there an efffective vaccine?

Answer 29

genital warts

Question 30

What is the defining characteristic of the retrovirus that causes HIV?

Answer 30

Its encodes a reverse transcriptase that converts single stranded RNA into DNA

Question 31

Bacterial food poisoning is a(n):

Answer 31

intoxication by heat stable enterotoxins

Question 32

If gonorrhea is passed to an infant perinatally, they are most likely born with what type of infection?

Answer 32

an ocular infection

Question 33

Before puberty, what are the primary bacteria found in the vaginal canal? (select all that apply)

Answer 33

Streptococcus species Staphylococcus species

Question 34

The risk of developing cervical cancer increases after contracting this sexually transmitted infectious agent:

Answer 34

mucosatropic human papillomavirus

Question 35

What do bacteria on the heart form that makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood?

Answer 35

vegetations

Question 36

The causative agent of a community-acquired urinary tract infection is most likely...

Answer 36

Escherichia coli

Question 37

Otitis media’s primary causative agents are:

Answer 37

bacterial

Question 38

This disease is obtained from the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito and is a significant cause of mortality in children under the age of five in areas where it is endemic, particularly in Africa.

Answer 38

malaria

Question 39

Which of the following is the best treatment for dengue fever?

Answer 39

supportive care, including replacement fluids

Question 40

true / false | Gonorrhea is more commonly asymptomatic in men than in women.

Answer 40

False

Question 41

Which of the following is an opportunistic infection that arises from normal flora following mechanical injury, application of broad spectrum antibiotics, or chemical changes? The positive agent can potentially be transmitted between individuals via sexual contact.

Answer 41

vaginal candidiasis

Question 42

Antibiotic-associated colitis is often caused by:

Answer 42

Broad-spectrum antibiotics killing normal flora, allowing Clostridium difficile to overgrow and produce enterotoxin, causing severe diarrhea

Question 43

Which is an example of a pathogen commonly capable of infecting the birth canal and causing a perinatal infection?

Answer 43

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 44

true / false | The primary treatment for diphtheria is an antitoxin, along with antibiotics.

Answer 44

true

Question 45

Which of the following are considered bacterial discharge diseases? Check all that apply:

Answer 45

chlamydia | gonorrhea

Question 46

Yersinia pestis , the causative agent of plague is most commonly transferred by the bite of a:

Answer 46

flea

Question 47

Which of the following HIV tests is the most commonly used?

Answer 47

Detection of HIV antibodies

Question 48

Which of the following is a maculopapular rash disease?

Answer 48

measles

Question 49

Which viral agent is commonly associated with deep muscle and bone pain and causes a condition nicknamed, “breakbone fever”?

Answer 49

Dengue virus

Question 50

How is bacterial food poisoning treated?

Answer 50

With fluids and electrolyte replacement

Question 51

One can acquire the disease agent that causes whooping cough by:

Answer 51

breathing in aerosol droplets ejected into the air by an infected person

Question 52

Urinary tract infections are more common in men.

Answer 52

false

Question 53

Who is at-risk for antibiotic-associated colitis?

Answer 53

Anyone on broad-spectrum antibiotics

Question 54

Which of the following is NOT a way to contract HIV?

Answer 54

kissing

Question 55

Which of the following routes of transmission may result in an individual contracting HIV?

Answer 55

none of these are likely routes of transmission of HIV

Question 56

Which of the following is the most common cause of urinary tract infections in both communities acquired and hospital (nosocomial) acquired infections?

Answer 56

Escherichia coli

Question 57

true / false | The infectious agent that causes syphilis can be passed from infected mothers to a developing fetus.

Answer 57

true