CH. 7 Questions

Question 1

Infections/diseases or infectious disease syndromes primarily transmitted by close intimate contact.

Answer 1

sexually transmitted

Question 2

The most common STIs in women

Answer 2

Chlamydia
HPV
Gonorrhea
HSV-2
Syphilis
HIV

Question 3

Precautions used during sexual activity to prevent the transmission of pathogens

Answer 3

Risk-reduction

Question 4

The physical barrier promoted for the prevention of sexual transmission of HIV and other STIs

Answer 4

Condom

Question 5

Bacterial infection that is the most commonly reported STI in American Women. This infection if often silent and is highly destructive to the female reproductive tract

Answer 5

Chlamydia

Question 6

The oldest communicable disease in the U.S. and second most common in terms of reported cases. Because it is a reportable communicable disease, health care providers are legally responsible for reporting all cases to health authorities

Answer 6

Gonorrhea

Question 7

One of the earliest described STIs. It is caused by treponema palladium, a motile spirochete

Answer 7

Syphilis

Question 8

Primary lesion from syphilis that appears 5 to 90 days after infection

Answer 8

chancre

Question 9

Broad, painless, pink-gray warlike infectious lesion that may develop on the vulva, the perineum, or the anus as a result of syphilis

Answer 9

Condylomata lata (warts)

Question 10

Infectious process that most commonly involves the uterine (fallopian) tubes, uterus, and more rarely ovaries and peritoneal surfaces

Answer 10

PID

Question 11

Infection that is the most common viral STI seen in ambulatory health care settings; also called genital warts

Answer 11

HPV

Question 12

The visible lesions caused by infection from HPV with certain strains of the virus

Answer 12

Condylomata Acuminata

Question 13

Vaccines for HPV currently available to protect against some of the most common strains of this infection

Answer 13

Gardasil and Cervarix

Question 14

Viral infection acquired primarily through a fecal-oral route by ingestion of contaminated food- particularly milk, shellfish, or polluted water- or person to person contact

Answer 14

Hep A

Question 15

Viral infection involving the liver that is transmitted parenterally, perinatally, and through intimate contact

Answer 15

Hep B

Question 16

Viral infection of the liver that is a major bloodborne infection in the U.S.. It is transmitted parenterally and through intimate contact. There is no vaccine available to provide protection against this infection

Answer 16

Hep C

Question 17

A retrovirus that is transmitted primarily through exchange of body fluids

Answer 17

HIV

Question 18

HIV causes severe depression of what immune system that is associated with this infection and characterizes AIDS

Answer 18

Cellular immune

Question 19

A normal vaginal flora found in non pregnant women. It is present in 25% of healthy pregnant women. It has been associated with poor pregnancy outcomes and neonatal morbidity and mortality resulting from vertical transmission from the birth canal of the infected mother to the infant during birth

Answer 19

Group B streptococci

Question 20

Vaginal infection formerly called nonspecific vaginitis, Haemophilus vagintis, or Gardnerella. It is most common type of vaginal infection and is characterized by discharge that is usually profuse, thin, and white, gray, or milky in appearance with a characteristic “fishy” odor

Answer 20

Bacterial vaginosis

Question 21

A yeast infection that is the second most common type of vaginal infection in the U.S.. It is characterized by itching and a thick, white, lumpy, discharge with a cottage-cheese-like consistency. A yeasty or musty odor may be present

Answer 21

Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Question 22

A vaginal infection caused by an anaerobic one-celled protozoan with characteristic flagella. It is characterized by copious yellowish green, frothy, mucopurulent, malodorous discharge.

Answer 22

Trichomoniasis

Question 23

A group of infections that can affect a pregnant women and her fetus/ The infecting organisms are capable or crossing the placenta and adversely affecting the development of the fetus

Answer 23

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Question 24

A protozoal infection associated with the consumption of raw or undercooked meat or exposure to litter used by infected cats

Answer 24

Toxoplasmosis

Question 25

German or 3-day measles; the virus is transmitted by droplets

Answer 25

Rubella

Question 26

Viral infection that may be asymptomatic or present with mild influenza-like symptoms. It is transmitted by transfusion of infected blood, sexual contact, or contact with contaminated saliva or urine. It can lead to profound neurologic and sensory disorders if transmitted to the fetus

Answer 26

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)