Which of the following leads to all the rest?
a. catarrhal stage
b. cough
c. loss of cilia
d. mucus accumulation
e. tracheal cytotoxin

Use the following choices to answer questions 7 and 8:

a. brucellosis

b. malaria

relapsing fever

d. Rocky Mountain spotted fever

e. Ebola

The patient was hospitalized with fever and headache. Spirochetes were observed in her blood. What is your diagnosis?

Differentiate among the following factors of bacterial intoxication and bacterial infection: prerequisite conditions, causative agents, onset, duration of symptoms, and treatment.

Describe the symptoms of genital herpes. What is the causative agent? When is this infection least likely to be transmitted?

A patient has fever, difficulty breathing, chest pains, fluid in the pulmonary alveoli, and a positive tuberculin skin test. Gram-positive cocci are isolated from the sputum. The recommended treatment is

a. a macrolide.

b. antitoxin.

c. isoniazid.

d. tetracyclines.

e. none of the above.

Match the following choices to the statements in questions 9 and 10:

a. Bordetella pertussis

b. Corynebacterium diphtheriae

c. Legionella pneumophila

d. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

e. none of the above

Causes the formation of a membrane across the throat.

List the genital infections that cause congenital and neonatal infections. How can transmission to a fetus or newborn be prevented?

Use the following choices to answer questions 6–8:

a. candidiasis

b. bacterial vaginosis

c. genital herpes

d. lymphogranuloma venereum

e. trichomoniasis

Fluid-filled vesicles

Use the following choices to answer questions 6–8:

a. candidiasis

b. bacterial vaginosis

c. genital herpes

d. lymphogranuloma venereum

e. trichomoniasis

Frothy, fishy discharge