Answer 40

40.  Choice B is the correct answer.  Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is spread as a tick borne illness.  It is a rickettsial disease that is potentially lethal.

Question 40

40.  Your patient is a 34 year old male diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.  He was inquiring about how he got it.  Which of the following is the mechanism of infection for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

A.  Spread by Contact

B.  Tick-borne

C.  Airborne Spread organism 

D.  Spread by ingestion of water from the mountains

Answer 39

39.  Choice C is the correct answer.  AIDS is defined as a CD4 count less than 200/mm3, and advanced AIDS is defined as a CD4 count less than 50/mm3.

Question 39

39.  Your patient is a 43 year old male that has been diagnosed with HIV.  He was inquiring about his CD4 count with regarding to defining AIDS.  CD4 counts less than what number define AIDS?

A.  1000/mm3

B.  500/mm3

C.  200/mm3

D.  100/mm3

Answer 38

38.  Choice C is the correct answer.  Rabies has the highest mortality rate than any other infectious disease worldwide.

Question 38

38.  Which of the following disorders have the highest mortality rate than any other infectious disease worldwide?

A.  Botulism

B.  Cholera

C.  Rabies

D.  Tuberculosis

Answer 37

37.  Choice D is the correct answer.  Genital herpes is caused by herpes simplex and not herpes zoster.  Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (Herpes Zoster oticus) is when it affects CN VIII.  Other complications of varicella include:  post herpetic neuralgia, bacterial skin infection, motor neuropathy, meningitis, and herpes ocular keratitis and uveitis.  

Question 37

37.  All of the following are considered complications of a varicella infection except:

A.  Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
B.  Meningitis
C.  Uveitis
D.  Genital Herpes

Answer 36

36.   Choice D is the correct answer.  Complications of congenital rubella infection include:  mental retardation, hearing loss, cardiovascular defects, and ocular defects.  Rubella is routinely screened for in pregnancy.  Nasopharyngeal secretions can be used to viral isolate this organism. 

Question 36

36.  All of the following are considered complications of congenital rubella infection except:

A.  Mental Retardation

B.  Hearing Loss

C.  Cardiovascular Defects

D.  Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia