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Sultana Test 1 Q1-50
Q9 STD
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Health Care
Professional
01/20/2013

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Term
1.       This is the most common STD for both males and females.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA
Term
2.       This is the 2nd most common STD for both males and females.
Definition
GONORRHEA
Term
3.       This is the 3rd most common STD for both males and females.
Definition
SYPHILIS
Term
4.       Chlamydia is associated with _____ which causes arthritis.
Definition
REITER’S SYNDROME
Term
5.       _____ is an STD that causes arthritis in large joints.
Definition
GONORRHEA
Term
6.       These STD’s cause post-coital bleeding.
Definition
1) HPV, 2) CHLAMYDIA
Term
7.       These STD’s are able to cross through the placenta and infect the fetus.
Definition
1) HIV, 2) HEPATITIS B, 3) HERPES, 4) SYPHILIS, 5) RUBELLA
Term
8.       These STD’s can cause genital ulcers.
Definition
1) HERPES, 2) SYPHILIS, 3) CHANCROID
Term
9.       These STD’s cause painful genital ulcers.
Definition
1) HERPES, 2) CHANCROID
Term
10.   This STD causes non-painful genital ulcers.
Definition
SYPHILIS
Term
11.   A primary syphilitic genital ulcer is called a _____.
Definition
CHANCRE (NON-PAINFUL)
Term
12.   What is the difference between herpes and chancre ulcers?
Definition
HERPES CAUSES 15-20 SMALL VESICULAR ULCERATIONS, WHILE CHANCRE CAUSES ONE LARGE VESICULAR LESION
Term
13.   _____ is when gonorrhea causes conjunctivitis in a newborn.
Definition
OPTHALMIA NEONATORUM
Term
14.   Inclusion conjunctivitis is due to a _____ infection.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA
Term
15.   These STD’s can cause palpable inguinal lymph nodes.
Definition
1) CHANCROID, 2) GENITAL HERPES, 3) LGV
Term
16.   There are _____ million new cases of STD’s per year.
Definition
18 MILLION
Term
17.   _____ is used for the wet mount of motile flagellates.
Definition
SALINE
Term
18.   This is a motile flagellate that can be mounted on saline.
Definition
TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS
Term
19.   KOH stained vaginal secretions are used to look _____ and _____.
Definition
BRANCHING HYPHAE AND BUDS; AND CLUE CELLS
Term
20.   Branching hyphae and buds in KOH prepared vaginal secretions indicates the presence of _____.
Definition
CANDIDA ALBICANS
Term
21.   Clue cells in KOH prepared vaginal secretions indicates the presence of _____.
Definition
BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS
Term
22.   _____ is the hormone used to determine if a patient is pregnant, because if the patient is pregnant it may have an effect on the STD treatment.
Definition
B-HCG
Term
23.   This lab test is used to determine if presence of chlamydia trachomatis.
Definition
DNA PROBE TEST (NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TEST)
Term
24.   This lab test is used to determine the presence of Neisseria gonorrhea.
Definition
GCFT (GONOCOCCAL COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST)
Term
25.   Hemophilus ducreyi causes a STD referred to as _____.
Definition
CHANCROIDS
Term
26.   This lab test is used to determine the presence of syphilis.
Definition
VDRL (VENEREAL DISEASE RESEARCH LABORATORY TEST), AND RPR
Term
27.   This lab test is a confirmatory test for syphilis.
Definition
FTA-ABS
Term
28.   False positives for VDRL tests may come about if a patient has any of these diseases.
Definition
1) VIRAL INFECTIONS, 2) DRUGS, 3) RA, 4) LUPUS, 5) LEPROSY
Term
29.   The antibody tests can be used to diagnose these STD’s.
Definition
1) CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS SUBTYPES (LGV), 2) GRANULOMA INGUINALE, 3) HEPATITIS B
Term
30.   The fluorescent treponema antibody test can be used to diagnose _____.
Definition
SYPHILIS
Term
31.   Tissue smears are lab tests that can be used to diagnose _____.
Definition
MOTILE SPIROCHETES UNDER DARKFIELD MICROSCOPY (TREPONEMA PALLIDUM)
Term
32.   Tissue biopsies can be used to diagnose ganumola inguinale by looking for _____.
Definition
DONOVAN’S BODIES
Term
33.   A _____ test can be used to determine if a patient has an HIV infection, although it may not be positive in the initial stage.
Definition
ELISA TEST
Term
34.   _____ is a condition characterized by painful tender genital ulcers, as well as vaginal or genital discharge.
Definition
CHANCROID
Term
35.   Chancroid is caused by the microorganism _____.
Definition
HEMOPHILUS DUCREYI
Term
36.   Chancorids can be diagnosed through _____.
Definition
TISSUE CULTURES
Term
37.   These antibiotics can be used to treat chancroid.
Definition
1) AZITHROMYCIN, 2) CEFTRIAXONE, 3) ERYTHROMYCIN, 4) CIPROFLOXACIN
Term
38.   This STD is the leading cause of infertility in females.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA
Term
39.   Chlamydia is the most common STD, and it has 3 subtypes which are _____, _____ and _____.
Definition
A, B AND C
Term
40.   What is the name of the bacterium that causes chlamydia?
Definition
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
Term
41.   Chlamydia causes these 2 conditions in females.
Definition
1) MUCOID URETHRAL DISCHARGE, 2) MUCOID CERVICAL DISCHARGE
Term
42.   What is the lab test sued to confirm the presence of chlamydia?
Definition
LIGASE CHAIN REACTION
Term
43.   These medications are used for the treatment of chlamydia.
Definition
1) AZITHROMYCIN, 2) DOXYCYCLINE
Term
44.   This is an STD characterized by numerous painful crops of vesicles.
Definition
GENITAL HERPES
Term
45.   This virus causes genital herpes.
Definition
HSV TYPE 2
Term
46.   What type of virus is HSV type 2?
Definition
DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ICOSAHEDRAL ENVELOPED VIRUS
Term
47.   This is the anti-viral drug used to control genital herpes.
Definition
ACYCLOVIR ORAL
Term
48.   When one has genital herpes, there is _____ even with healed lesions, so the disease can still be spread.
Definition
VIRAL SHEDDING
Term
49.   Transmission of genital herpes is primarily from _____.
Definition
SUBCLINICAL INFECTIONS
Term
50.   This is the 2nd most common STD that causes a purulent penile or vaginal discharge.
Definition
GONORRHEA
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