Chapter 12: Antiprotozoal Agents

Question 1

After a group of students is taught about protozoal infections, which infection, if stated by the group as caused by an insect bite, would indicate the need for additional teaching?

Answer 1

Giardiasis

Question 2

When describing the development of malaria caused by the Plasmodium protozoan, the instructor would explain that the organism depends on

Answer 2

A mosquito and a red blood cell for maturation

Question 3

A patient who is receiving a combination drug to treat malaria asks the nurse why. The nurse responds to the patient based on the understanding that the combination drugs are

Answer 3

Effective at various stages in the life cycle of the protozoan

Question 4

A patient traveling to an area of the world where malaria is known to be endemic should be taught to

Answer 4

Begin prophylactic antimalaria therapy before traveling and continue it through the visit and for 2 to 3 weeks after the visit

Question 5

Amebiasis or amebic dysentery

Answer 5

Is caused by a protozoan that can enter the body in the cyst stage in food and water

Question 6

Giardiasis is the most common intestinal parasite seen in the United States, and it

Answer 6

Is associated with rotten egg-smelling stool, diarrhea, and mucus-fillied stool

Question 7

PCP (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) is

Answer 7

An opportunistic bacterial infection

Question 8

Trypanosomiasis may assume two different forms:

Answer 8

African sleeping sickness and Chagas disease

Question 9

A nurse would note that a patient had a good understanding of his antimalarial drug regimen if the patient reported

Answer 9

“I’ll start the pills before my trip, keep taking them during the trip, and for a period of time after I am home.”