Answer 5

5.  Choice A is the correct answer.  Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia is the most common opportunistic infection with AIDS patients.

Question 5

5.  Which of the following diseases is the most common opportunistic infection with AIDS?

A.  Pneumocystis Pneumonia

B.  CMV pneumonitis 

C.  CMV retinitis

D.  Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Answer 4

4.  Choice D is the correct answer.  Plasmodia Falciparum is the most virulent of all the strains of malaria, most likely to cause death, and most likely to be chloroquine resistant.

Question 4

4.  Your patient is a 35 year old male diagnosed with malaria.  You are considering putting him chloroquine.  Which of the following strains are most likely to be chloroquine resistant?

A.  Ovale
B.  Vivax
C.  Malariae
D.  P. Falciparum

Answer 3

3.  Choice A is the correct answer.  Invasive cervical cancer not vaginal cancer is an AIDS defining illness.  Other AIDS defining illness with a positive HIV test include:  esophageal candidiasis, CMV, cryptococcus, P. Carinii, Kaposi sarcoma, HIV associated dementia, toxoplasmosis, immunoblastic lymphoma, chronic cryptosporidiosis, Burkitt Lymphoma, disseminated histoplasmosis, and chronic herpes simplex

Question 3

3.  Your patient is a 34 year old female with an HIV positive lab test.  All of the following illness would be considered an AIDS defining illness except?

A.  Invasive vaginal cancer

B.  Esophageal candidiasis 

C.  CMV Retinitis 

D.  Cryptococcus 

Answer 2

2.  Choice D is the correct answer.  Descending paralysis not ascending paralysis is not associated with botulism.  Botulism also can have cranial nerve palsies, flaccid facial expression, and blurry vision.  Other clinical features include slow heart rate, normal blood pressure, and no sensory deficits.  Treatment is penicillin G or flagyl IV.