What statement regarding chlamydial infections is correct? a. ...

[karlynnae]

What statement regarding chlamydial infections is correct?
 
  a. The treatment of choice is oral penicillin.
  b. The treatment of choice is nystatin or miconazole.
  c. Both men and women may have asymptomatic infections.
  d. Clinical manifestations include small, painful vesicles on the genital areas.

Question 2

What is true about pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)?
 
  a. It can be prevented by proper personal hygiene.
  b. It is easily prevented by compliance with any form of contraception.
  c. It may have devastating effects on the reproductive tract of affected adolescents.
  d. It can potentially cause life-threatening and serious defects in the future children of affected adolescents.

[SVictor]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The incidence of asymptomatic chlamydial infections is as high as 50 of men and 75 of women. Symptoms of chlamydial infection in men include meatal erythema, tenderness, itching, dysuria, and urethral discharge. Oral penicillin, nystatin, and miconazole are not the antibiotics of choice. Small, painful vesicles on genital areas are clinical manifestations of herpetic infections.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
PID is a major concern because of its devastating effects on the reproductive tract. Short-term complications include abscess formation in the fallopian tubes, and long-term complications include ectopic pregnancy, infertility, and dyspareunia. PID is an infection of the upper female genital tract, most commonly caused by sexually transmitted infections. Personal hygiene, oral contraceptives, and many other forms of contraception do not prevent transmission of the disease. There is a possibility of ectopic pregnancy but not birth defects in children.

[karlynnae]

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[SVictor]

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