Sexual and Tropical Infections

Question 1

What are fomites?

Answer 1

Sex toys

Question 2

Which areas of the GI tract does HPV affect?

Answer 2

Mouth
Rectum
Anus

Question 3

Which areas of the GI tract does Chlamydia affect?

Answer 3

Mouth
Large bowel
Rectum

Question 4

Which areas of the GI tract does Gonorrhea affect?

Answer 4

Mouth
Large bowel
Rectum

Question 5

Which areas of the GI tract does Syphilis affect?

Answer 5

Mouth
Liver
Stomach
Large bowel
Rectum
Anus

Question 6

Which areas of the GI tract does HIV affect?

Answer 6

Mouth
Liver
Small + large bowel
Rectum
Anus

Question 7

Gonorrhea and syphilis are sometimes co-infective. True/False?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

List some characteristics of gonorrhea infection

Answer 8

Purulent anal/urethral discharge
Lower abdo pain
Diarrhoea + bleeding

Question 9

List some characteristics of chlamydia infection

Answer 9

Milder than gonorrhea

Anal discomfort/itch

Question 10

How is herpes simplex spread?

Answer 10

Ano-genital/oro-anal at the mucosa

Question 11

Give a characteristic of HPV infection

Answer 11

Anal warts

Question 12

Which STI is most commonly associated with group sex?

Answer 12

Lymphogranluma venereum

Question 13

How is acute traveller’s diarrhoea defined?

Answer 13

3 loose stools in 24hrs on the back of travelling

Question 14

Which organism is the most common cause of traveller’s diarrhoea?

Answer 14

E. coli

Question 15

Which viruses are associated with cruise ships?

Answer 15

Norovirus

Rotavirus

Question 16

Which disease is associated with profuse watery diarrhoea, typically involving refugee camps?

Answer 16

Cholera

Question 17

List some characteristics of syphillus infection

Answer 17

Painless ulcers

Question 18

List some characteristics of HSV infection

Answer 18

Painful ulcers

Question 19

How is traveller’s diarrhoea managed?

Answer 19

Fluid rehydration

Antibiotics if bloody/systemic upset

Question 20

Enteric fever involves infection with which organism?

Answer 20

Typhoid