EXTRA PRACTICE: Contact Infectious Diseases

Question 1

Match: Is the leading, preventable cause of blindness worldwide

Answer 1

Trachoma

Question 1

Which Genus(s) have characteristics of being obligate intracellular parasistes (Note: This answer can come from ANY of the previous chapters we have studied)

Answer 1

Genus:
- Chlamydia
- Rickettsia

Question 2

Match: Encapsulated diplococci that are coffee-bean shaped

Answer 2

Gonorrhea

Question 3

Match: VF includes proteins that can bind to T cell receptors and inhibit the immune response

Answer 3

Gonorrhea

Question 4

A man comes into the hospital complaining about pain in his testicles and has painful urination. He notes that he also has discharge that is creamy and yellow in color. What disease does he likely have? How would you go about diagnosising this PT?

Answer 4

Gonorrhea

Diagnosis:
- Urine test or oral/urethral-rectal swab
- PCT
- Culture

Question 5

What is the most common bacterial STD in the US

Answer 5

Genital Chlamydia

Question 6

MATCH: Diagnosing can be done via nucleic acid amplification tests

Answer 6

Genital chlamydia

Question 7

What is usually unique to diseases that are spirochetes?

Answer 7

SXS usually incude multiple (3) stages
Seen in Lyme Disease (arthropod) and Syphillis (contact)

Question 8

What is the most common non-viral STD in the US

Answer 8

Trichomoniasis

Question 9

Which disease(s) contain VF of invading and replicating in epithelial cells and conatin 2 morphological forms

Answer 9

(Both are from Genus Chlamydia)

• Trachoma (Non-sexual disease)
• Genital Chlamydia

Question 10

Match: VF include proteins in the CW that bind to T cell receptors and inhibt the immune response

Answer 10

Gonorrhea

Question 11

Which contact disease(s) are capable of causing neonatal conjunctivitis (Ophthalmia neonatorum) in infants?

Answer 11

Gonorrhea
Genital Chlamydia

Question 12

Match: This disease has the highest infection rates in teens/young adults

Answer 12

Gonorrhea

Question 13

Match: Diagnosed by NAAT that is performed on vaginal/urethral swabs or urine

Answer 13

Genital Chlamydia

Question 14

Match: CA is Treponema pallidum

Answer 14

Syphilis

Question 15

Match: VF includes a lipid outer layer that makes it a weak immunogen

Answer 15

Syphilis

Question 16

A patient came into the hospital complaining of rashes on their palms and soles. Upon further inspection, the doctor notices these rashes are flat, skin/mucosal rashes. The doctor asks the patient if he has experienced anything unusal on his body prior to when symptoms of the rashes appeared. The patient notes that he previously had sores, but they were not painful and went away over time. What is likely the diagnosis for this disease? What other symptoms will this patient likely develop later on?

Answer 16

Syphilis

In the third stage:
- Soft, tumor-like lesions (gummas)
- Arthtiris
- Cardiovascular damage = Cardiovascular syphilis
- Neurological damage/dementia = Neurosyphilis

Question 17

Match:This disease can result in developmental damage to the fetus and result in stillbirths

Answer 17

Syphilis

Question 18

Match: Women are symptomatic, while men are usually asymptomatic. Women experience a frothy, greenish-yellow discharge that emits a foul odor.

Answer 18

Trichomoniasis

Question 19

Match: VF includes a sharp point for anchoring to epithelial cells

Answer 19

Trichomoniasis

Question 20

Match: VF includes that ability to hide in the NS, indicating this is a latent viral infection

Answer 20

Genital Herpes

Question 21

Name all the diseases assoviated with HHV
(ex: HHV1 = ? ; HHV2 = ?)

Answer 21

HHV1 = Cold sores
HHV2 = Genital Herpes
HHV3 = Chickenpox
HHV8 = HIV cancer -> Kaposi Sarcoma

Question 22

Match: Painful, fluid filled vesicles on the genitals that have reurrent outbreaks

Answer 22

Genital Herpes

Question 23

Name ALL diseases that are a part of Herpesviridae family (can come from any lecture)

Answer 23

• Chickenpox
• Shingles
• Genital herpes

Question 24

Match: 1 in 4 adults over 30 years old are infected in the US

Answer 24

Genital Herpes

Question 25

Match: This disease contains a virus that can cross the placental barrier and damage the CNS of the fetus, resulting in developmental delays, blindness, and hearing loss

Answer 25

Genital Herpes

Question 26

Name all contact diseases that are caused by a DNA viruses

Answer 26

Genital Herpes
Hepatitis B

Question 27

Name all contact diseases that are caused by an RNA virus

Answer 27

Hepatitis C
HIV/AIDS

Question 28

Match: This viral disease can be prevented with a vaccine and education/safe sex practices

Answer 28

Hepatitis B

Question 29

Match: This disease is transmitted through sexual contact and accidental needle sticks

Answer 29

Hepatitis B

Question 29

Match: This viral disease does NOT have a vaccine, so the best form of prevention is universally safe precations/handling of blood

Answer 29

Hepatitis C

Question 30

Match: This diseases is transmitted through contaminated blood, such as blood transfusions, tattoos, and IV drug users

Answer 30

Hepatitis C

Question 31

Match: No treatment is availiable for this disease, but you can manage it via antivirals, interferon injection, or a liver transplant

Answer 31

Hepatitis B

Question 32

Match: There is no treatment for this disease, but you can manage it by taking daily antiirals for several months; however, these are extremly expensive

Answer 32

Hepatitis C