Infection 1. A doctor made the diagnosis of gonorrhoea. It was known from the anamnesis that a patient had had gonorrhoea before and he had been treated completely. What type of infection can this new disease be attributed to?
A. Superinfection B. Reinfection C. Relapse
D. Secondary infection E. Autoinfection
2. A patient recovered from Sonne dysentery and was once more infected with the same causative agent. What is such infection form called?
A. Reinfection B. Recidivation C. Superinfection
D. Persisting infection E. Chronic infection
3. A patient who suffered form syphilis took a course of antibiotic therapy and fully recovered. Some time later he was infected again with Treponema pallidum. What form of infection is it?
A. Reinfection B. Recurrence C. Secondary infection
D. Superinfection E. Complication
4. Material obtained from a patient contains several types of microorganisms (staphylococci and streptococci) causative of the patient’s disease. Name this type of infection:
A. Mixed infection B. Superinfection
C. Reinfection
D. Consecutive infection
E. Coinfection
5. 2 weeks since the blood transfusion a recipient has developed fever. What protozoal disease can it be?
A. Trypanosomiasis B. Malaria C. Amebiasis D. Toxoplasmosis E. Leishmaniasis
6. Two weeks after hemotransfusion a patient developed fever. What protozoal disease can be suspected?
A. Malaria B. Toxoplasmosis C. Leishmaniasis
D. Amebiasis E. Trypanosomiasis
7. A pregnant woman was registered in an antenatal clinic and underwent complex examination for a number of infections. Blood serum contained IgM to the rubella virus. What is this result indicative of?
A. Of primary infection B. Of a chronic process
C. The woman is healthy D. Of exacerbation of disease
E. Of recurring infection with rubella virus
8. A pregnant woman was detected with IgM to rubella virus. An obstetrician-gynecologist recommended therapeutic abortion due to the high risk of teratogenic affection of the fetus. Detection of IgM was of great importance as it is these specific immunoglobulins that:
