REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - CHAPTER 26 EXAM 2025

REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - CHAPTER 26 EXAM 2025 1. Which condition is considered a complicated gonococcal infection in women? A. Urinary tract infection B. Pelvic inflammatory disease C. Ectopic pregnancy D. Arthritis - ANS-B. Pelvic inflammatory disease Correct Complicated gonococcal infections include pelvic inflammatory disease, salpingitis, and bartholinitis in women. Ectopic pregnancy may be the result of the long-term sequelae of salpingitis. Arthritis has been linked with secondary syphilis. 2. Microscopically, which bacterium resembles a corkscrew? A. Neisseria gonorrhoeae B. Chlamydia trachomatis C. Treponema pallidum D. Herpes simplex - ANS-C. Treponema pallidum Correct Syphilis is caused by T. pallidum, which is a corkscrew-shaped anaerobe that cannot be cultured. Chlamydia is an obligate gram-negative intracellular bacterium. Gonorrhea is caused by N. gonorrhoeae, a gram-negative diplococcus. Herpes simplex virusis a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) virus, not a bacterium. 3. A systemic illness and skin lesions characterize which stage of syphilis?