Case Study of Rhonda Clark
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
1. Group A Strep is least likely to cause which of the following complications:
a) scarlet fever
b) necrotizing faciitis
c) impetigo
d) subacute bacterial endocarditis
e) glomerulonephritis
2. Septra is used in AIDS patients to prevent which opportunistic organism?
a) Pneumocystis carinii
b) M. tuberculosis
c) S. pneumoniae
d) CMV
e) Cryptococcus
3. Severe bloody, afebrile diarrhea is associated with what bacterial infection?
a) Salmonella infection
b) Enteroinvasive E.coli infection
c) Enterohemorrhagic E. coli infection
d) Enterotoxigenic E. coli infection
e) Giardiasis
4. Human Herpes Virus 6 is associated with what disease?
a) Infectious mononucleosis
b) CMV infection
c) Herpes Simplex infection
d) Roseola
e) Chicken Pox
5. Cat’s scratch disease is caused by what organism?
a) Leishmania spp.
b) Bartonella henselae
c) Treponema pallidum
d) Toxoplasmosa gondii
e) Ancylostoma braziliensei
6. Predictors of HIV progression include the following
EXCEPT:
a) CD4 cell count
b) plasma HIV RNA levels at set point
c) onset of HIV related symptoms
d) age at initial infection
e) method of transmission (i.e. anal intercourse versus vaginal intercourse)
7. Protozoa are associated with all of the following except
a) unicellular organism
b) produce larvae
c) do not cause eosinophilia
d) indefinite lifespan
e) mulitply within host
8. Inwhich disease would Donovan bodies be present?
a) genital warts
b) lymphogranuloma venereum
c) syphilis
d) granuloma inguinale
e) chancroid
9. Which disease is NOT caused by Chlamydia sp.?
a) lymphogranuloma venereum
b) pelvic inflammatory disease
c) granuloma inguinale
d) inclusion conjunctivitis
e) nongonococcal urethritis
10. If a patient comes to your office complaining of chest pain and a cough producing a current jelly-like sputum, which organism would be the most likely cause of his/her pneumonia? a) Streptococcus pneumoniae
b)
1. Group A Strep is least likely to cause which of the following complications:
a) scarlet fever
b) necrotizing faciitis
c) impetigo
d) subacute bacterial endocarditis
e) glomerulonephritis
2. Septra is used in AIDS patients to prevent which opportunistic organism?
a) Pneumocystis carinii
b) M. tuberculosis
c) S. pneumoniae
d) CMV
e) Cryptococcus
3. Severe bloody, afebrile diarrhea is associated with what bacterial infection?
a) Salmonella infection
b) Enteroinvasive E.coli infection
c) Enterohemorrhagic E. coli infection
d) Enterotoxigenic E. coli infection
e) Giardiasis
4. Human Herpes Virus 6 is associated with what disease?
a) Infectious mononucleosis
b) CMV infection
c) Herpes Simplex infection
d) Roseola
e) Chicken Pox
5. Cat’s scratch disease is caused by what organism?
a) Leishmania spp.
b) Bartonella henselae
c) Treponema pallidum
d) Toxoplasmosa gondii
e) Ancylostoma braziliensei
6. Predictors of HIV progression include the following
EXCEPT:
a) CD4 cell count
b) plasma HIV RNA levels at set point
c) onset of HIV related symptoms
d) age at initial infection
e) method of transmission (i.e. anal intercourse versus vaginal intercourse)
7. Protozoa are associated with all of the following except
a) unicellular organism
b) produce larvae
c) do not cause eosinophilia
d) indefinite lifespan
e) mulitply within host
8. Inwhich disease would Donovan bodies be present?
a) genital warts
b) lymphogranuloma venereum
c) syphilis
d) granuloma inguinale
e) chancroid
9. Which disease is NOT caused by Chlamydia sp.?
a) lymphogranuloma venereum
b) pelvic inflammatory disease
c) granuloma inguinale
d) inclusion conjunctivitis
e) nongonococcal urethritis
10. If a patient comes to your office complaining of chest pain and a cough producing a current jelly-like sputum, which organism would be the most likely cause of his/her pneumonia? a) Streptococcus pneumoniae
b)