Deck 34: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Question 1

A long asymptomatic latent phase is characteristic of which of the following sexually transmitted infections?

A) Gonorrhea
B) Syphilis
C) Chlamydia
D) Hepatitis B

Answer 1

Syphilis

Question 2

The first choice of treatment for the management of syphilis is

A) penicillin G.
B) doxycycline.
C) antiviral agents.
D) antimicrobial agents.

Answer 2

penicillin G.

Question 3

Which of the following infections is asymptomatic and self-limited and does not require therapy?

A) Syphilis
B) Nongonococcal cervicitis
C) Gonorrhea
D) Molluscum contagiosum

Answer 3

Molluscum contagiosum

Question 4

The initial incubation period of syphilis lasts for

A) 2 to 3 days.
B) 10 to 90 days.
C) 3 to 6 weeks.
D) 40 years.

Question 5

Transmission of Chlamydia during birth may result in ________, or infection of the eyes in the newborn.

A) neonatal jaundice
B) ophthalmia neonatorum
C) neonatal conjunctivitis
D) erythema neonatorum

Question 6

What systemic infections are potentially transmitted by sexual contact?

A) Cytomegalovirus
B) Hepatitis A
C) Hepatitis B
D) HIV
E) Herpes simplex virus

Question 7

The organism most commonly associated with pelvic inflammatory disease is

A) Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
B) Treponema pallidum.
C) Escherichia coli.
D) Pseudomonas.

Question 8

A 23-year-old male presents with urethritis, dysuria, and purulent urethral discharge.The suspected diagnosis would be

A) gonorrhea.
B) urinary tract infection.
C) Chlamydia.
D) syphilis.

Question 9

Which infection can be a risk factor for cervical cancer?

A) Human papillomavirus
B) Molluscum contagiosum
C) Granuloma inguinale
D) Chancroid

Question 10

The Centers for Disease Control estimate that there are ________ new sexually transmitted infections every year.

A) 300,000
B) 1.3 million
C) 19 million
D) 17 billion

Question 11

A painless ulceration called a chancre is a lesion associated with infection by

A) human papillomavirus.
B) N. gonorrhoeae.
C) C. trachomatis.
D) T. pallidum.

Question 12

Central nervous system degeneration, blindness, and paresis are associated with untreated

A) HSV.
B) LGV.
C) syphilis.
D) gonorrhea.

Question 13

Herpes lesions are fluid-filled vesicles that appear __________days after infection.

A) 1 to 2
B) 3 to 7
C) 7 to 10
D) 10 to 14