A vaccine against Listeria monocytogenes is a challenge to develop because
a. very few people get Listeria meningitis.
b. the antibody-mediated immune response is not effective against L. monocytogenes.
c. better prevention approaches exist, such as food preparation precautions.
d. vaccinations are not used for foodborne illness.

A frantic mother comes into your clinic because her two-year-old child has had a very high fever for two days now, with mild diarrhea and coldlike symptoms. As you consider the differential list, which is the most likely causative agent if the fever breaks and is replaced with a rash by tomorrow? (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. Human parvovirus B19

b. Hand, foot, and mouth disease

c. Roseola

d. Rubella

e. Measles

Your patient is reminiscing about her childhood diseases while reviewing her medical history. She claims she had a really bad case of rubella (German measles) when she was a child and that she was very sick. You think she is confusing it with rubeola (measles) because: (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. measles can cause congenital rubella syndrome.

b. German measles causes a mild rash and is not likely to make a patient very sick.

c. the largest concern is for secondary infections like pneumonia.

d. she didn’t mention Koplik’s spots in the mouth or raised lesions.

e. the raised red rash usually begins on the trunk and spreads from there.

A 65-year-old patient calls the nursing hotline to ask about some painful blisters arranged in a band on one side of his waist. After hearing about the lesions, you ask him if he had chickenpox as a child. This is because you feel you are hearing about a case of: (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. candidiasis.

b. measles.

c. herpes.

d. shingles.

e. rubella.

During a lumbar puncture procedure, the nurse observed that the patient’s CSF pressure was high. However, when the analysis of the CSF sample comes back, the glucose levels are normal. The nurse would most likely suspect: (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. arboviral meningitis.

b. Neisseria meningitidis.

c. Listeria monocytogenes.

d. poliovirus.

An HIV/AIDS patient is presenting with flulike symptoms, headache, fever, and disorientation. The MOST important piece of information a nurse must obtain for the patient is his or her (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. travel history, in and outside the United States.

b. diet for the last 3 days.

c. exposure to lakes or streams.

d. exposure to bats.

Which of the following symptoms would be most informative in terms of ruling out a prion disease as a differential diagnosis? (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. nuchal rigidity

b. hallucinations

c. fatigue

d. headache

Which one of the following measures is the most effective way to prevent viral infections of the digestive system? (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. Antibiotics

b. Thoroughly cooking food

c. Decontaminating water

d. Washing hands

e. Disinfecting bathroom surfaces

Which of the following does not fall into our current definition of TORCH infections?

a. Syphilis

b. Trichomoniasis

c. HIV

d. Rubella

e. Cytomegalovirus