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NSG-3280 EXAM 4
NSG-3280 Exam 4 – Sexually
Transmitted Infections Study Guide
and Practice Questions (2025–2026)
Urethritis, cervicitis, and salpingitis STDs Gonorrhea
Nongonococcal urethritis
Chlamydia
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Ulcerative lesions with systemic involvement Syphilis
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Herpes simplex virus
Ulcerative lesions only chancroid
granuloma inguinale
Nonulcerative lesions Genital warts
Molluscum contagiosum
Vulvovagintis Trichomoniasis
Candidiasis
Gardnerella vaginalis vaginitis
Systemic infections Cytomegalovirus
Hepatitis
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Enteric infections Giardiasis
Campylobacter enteritis
Shigellosis
Amebic dysentery
What is usually asymptomatic in women? Gonorrhea
, purulent vaginal discharge, dysuria, and abnormal vaginal Gonorrhea in women
bleeding are symptoms of
urethritis, including dysuria and a purulent urethral Gonorrhea in men
discharge accompanied by redness and swelling at the
site of infection, usually occur after a 3- to 6-day
incubation period
Gonorrhea is _____ transmitted directly
Can gonorrhea spread via lymphatic system? Yes
One of the first symptoms of gonorrhea can be ____ of scarring
the urethra, causing ______ retention
urinary
The chancer from syphilis can act as a ______ for the Reservoir
infection
infection of the vascular system consisting of five distinct syphilis
stages: incubation, primary and secondary stages,
latency, and late
Syphilis Etiology Treponema pallidum, an anaerobic spirochete
formation of a chancre, a painless, ulcerative lesion that syphilis
arises at the original spirochete portal of entry is the first
phase of
The initial syphilis chancer may be unnoticeable in ________ females
at first
Latent syphilis the third stage of syphilis, which may last for years, during which symptoms
disappear although the person is still infected
may still be infected for decades
low-grade fever, malaise, sore throat, headache, second phase of syphilis
lymphadenopathy, and mucosal or cutaneous rash and is
spread through the lymphatic/blood systems is the
aortic necrosis and subsequent aortic insufficiency; the tertiary phase of syphilis
damage to the central nervous system may be
progressively widespread, with degeneration of the
cortical neurons and, eventually, paresis, blindness, and
mental deterioration are the symptoms of
First choice of treatment for syphilis Benzathine penicillin G
NSG-3280 EXAM 4
NSG-3280 Exam 4 – Sexually
Transmitted Infections Study Guide
and Practice Questions (2025–2026)
Urethritis, cervicitis, and salpingitis STDs Gonorrhea
Nongonococcal urethritis
Chlamydia
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Ulcerative lesions with systemic involvement Syphilis
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Herpes simplex virus
Ulcerative lesions only chancroid
granuloma inguinale
Nonulcerative lesions Genital warts
Molluscum contagiosum
Vulvovagintis Trichomoniasis
Candidiasis
Gardnerella vaginalis vaginitis
Systemic infections Cytomegalovirus
Hepatitis
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Enteric infections Giardiasis
Campylobacter enteritis
Shigellosis
Amebic dysentery
What is usually asymptomatic in women? Gonorrhea
, purulent vaginal discharge, dysuria, and abnormal vaginal Gonorrhea in women
bleeding are symptoms of
urethritis, including dysuria and a purulent urethral Gonorrhea in men
discharge accompanied by redness and swelling at the
site of infection, usually occur after a 3- to 6-day
incubation period
Gonorrhea is _____ transmitted directly
Can gonorrhea spread via lymphatic system? Yes
One of the first symptoms of gonorrhea can be ____ of scarring
the urethra, causing ______ retention
urinary
The chancer from syphilis can act as a ______ for the Reservoir
infection
infection of the vascular system consisting of five distinct syphilis
stages: incubation, primary and secondary stages,
latency, and late
Syphilis Etiology Treponema pallidum, an anaerobic spirochete
formation of a chancre, a painless, ulcerative lesion that syphilis
arises at the original spirochete portal of entry is the first
phase of
The initial syphilis chancer may be unnoticeable in ________ females
at first
Latent syphilis the third stage of syphilis, which may last for years, during which symptoms
disappear although the person is still infected
may still be infected for decades
low-grade fever, malaise, sore throat, headache, second phase of syphilis
lymphadenopathy, and mucosal or cutaneous rash and is
spread through the lymphatic/blood systems is the
aortic necrosis and subsequent aortic insufficiency; the tertiary phase of syphilis
damage to the central nervous system may be
progressively widespread, with degeneration of the
cortical neurons and, eventually, paresis, blindness, and
mental deterioration are the symptoms of
First choice of treatment for syphilis Benzathine penicillin G
