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30.  Mike is one of your regular patients at a homeless clinic where you are a volunteer Nurse.  He has severe cough and looks thing.  Last week you sent Mike’s sputum sample to the laboratory and requested a gram stain and an Acid Fast stain.  The stains results are posted in his chart this morning and it says: “Acid Fast +”.  What infection does mike have? (1pt). Name one antimicrobial agent that can be used to treat this infection? (1 pt.)

34.  You advice your pregnant friend to stay away from cat litter or give her Cat away because: 

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.