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42.  Pregnancy and Menopause are often associated with higher rates of urinary tract infections, EXPLAIN.

20.  A patient presents with weight loss, hemoptysis, loss of vigor and night sweats.  This patient most likely has:

27.  TRUE/FALSE:  Hepatitis A belongs to the family Picornaviridae and can be transmitted sexually.

19.  The contraction of which of the following diseases during the first trimester of pregnancy in a non-immune pregnant female leads to congenital abnormalities?

26.  These are Gram – rods that ferment lactose with gas after 24 hours incubation at 35oC and are used as indicators of water pollution:

5. Which of the following is the correct sequence of fever formation?

7. As a perinatal nurse, you must discuss the results of Parvovirus B19 antibody testing with your 22 year old patient.  The patient is pregnant and has a high Parvovirus IgM titer.  What does the high IgM antibody titer indicate? 

38.  Immunity can be classified according to lines of defense (FLOD, SLOD, TLOD).  Name 1 component ONLY for each line of defense.

29.  A patient presents with symptoms consistent with gummas on many organs, skin, bone, neurosyphylis and cardiovascular aortic aneurism.  These symptoms and signs are consistent with:

11. Which of the following is mis-matched?