Reference no: EM132612092

Match the infection type to the appropriate description

Question

A. Patient is a sex worker with a chronic hepatitis B infection who has recently become infected with hepatitis D virus from needle sharing due to heroin use

B. Patient in ER presents with cough, myalgia, high fever, chills, headache, malaise; explains that two weeks ago he intercepted a shipment of macaws and cockatiels in a suitcase at Logan Airport where he is a customs agent; serology indicated a bacterial infection

C. HIV-positive patient has show severely depressed CD4 T-cell count for several months despite aggressive HAART treatment; she sees her internist with a complaint of painful white lesions on her tongue and inner cheeks which are diagnosed as thrush (oral candidiasis)

D. Patient is a sexually active 16 year old; she has recently begun having sex with a steady boyfriend and reports douching several times a week to always feel "fresh"; her symptoms include vaginal discharge and a fishy odor; amine whiff test confirm bacterial vaginosis caused by Gardnerella vaginalis 

E. Patient is a 14 year old wrestler whose thigh rash has a distinctive red raise border; he is being withheld from competition until his skin condition is deemed non-infectious; his pediatrician confirms a diagnosis of ringworm which will require two weeks of topical Fluconazole as a treatment

1. Endogenous
2. Zoonotic
3. Opportunistic
4. Superinfection
5. Superficial