Name: Amit Shah

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Theme: Urinary Tract Infections

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Candida albicans	I	Staph. saprophyticus
B	Chlamydia trachomatis	J	Strep. pyogenes
C	Escherichia coli	K	Treponema pallidum
D	Herpes simplex virus	L
E	Klebsiella spp.	M
F	Proteus spp.	N
G	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	O
H	Staph. aureus	P

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. A 25 year old banker complains of a white purulent discharge from the end of his penis. He eventually admits to having visited a brothel on his recent business trip to Malaysia.

 

2. A 53 year old man was catheterised 3 days ago following a successful renal transplant operation. He is now passing cloudy urine and has a low-grade fever.

 

3. A 94 year old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s disease was admitted with fever and confusion. Urine culture grows Gram-positive cocci.

 

4. A 48 year old woman with a history of kidney stones complains of a burning sensation when passing urine.

 

5. A 48 year-old man of Afro-Caribbean origin is admitted with severe confusion, incontinence and muscle weakness. His anxious mother tells you that when he was younger, he was “always playing with the girls”.

 

ANSWERS

1. B

2. G

3. I

4. F

5. K