CSFA SFA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2025(Graded A!!) 100% MUST PASS
Hepatitis B infection is spread in blood, blood products, and human body secretion - True
The main diseases of the respiratory tract include influenza and bronchitis - True
The clinical features of cholecystitis are fever, rigors, and diarrhea - False
Empyema is the accumulation of purulent fluid in the pleural space - True
Antigen detection ELISA is available for confirmation of rotavirus infection - True
The important means of preventing enteric infections include provision of drinking water, human
waste disposal, and food hygiene - True
Microbial food poisoning takes several forms with distinctive clinical presentation. If vomiting is less
pronounced but there is colicky abdominal pains 12-24 hours after contaminated food consumption,
the cause is more likely to be bacillus cereus toxins - False
Antibiotic treatment of bacterial enteric infection will stop eradication of the casual organism - False
Cholangitis is obstruction of the urinary tract caused by infection - False
Most upper respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses and are self-limiting - True
Salmonella and shigella are almost always non-lactose fermenting - True
Clindamycin has a particularly strong association with diarrhea, but practically and B-lactam
antibiotic can have this effect - True
One precipitating factor of pancreatitis is obstruction of the pancreatic duct by gallstones - True
2025(Graded A!!) 100% MUST PASS
Hepatitis B infection is spread in blood, blood products, and human body secretion - True
The main diseases of the respiratory tract include influenza and bronchitis - True
The clinical features of cholecystitis are fever, rigors, and diarrhea - False
Empyema is the accumulation of purulent fluid in the pleural space - True
Antigen detection ELISA is available for confirmation of rotavirus infection - True
The important means of preventing enteric infections include provision of drinking water, human
waste disposal, and food hygiene - True
Microbial food poisoning takes several forms with distinctive clinical presentation. If vomiting is less
pronounced but there is colicky abdominal pains 12-24 hours after contaminated food consumption,
the cause is more likely to be bacillus cereus toxins - False
Antibiotic treatment of bacterial enteric infection will stop eradication of the casual organism - False
Cholangitis is obstruction of the urinary tract caused by infection - False
Most upper respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses and are self-limiting - True
Salmonella and shigella are almost always non-lactose fermenting - True
Clindamycin has a particularly strong association with diarrhea, but practically and B-lactam
antibiotic can have this effect - True
One precipitating factor of pancreatitis is obstruction of the pancreatic duct by gallstones - True
