The term acute urethral syndrome is used to describe a syndrome of symptoms that include:
a. greater than 105 colony-forming units of bacteria per milliliter (CFU/mL) of urine, dysuria, and frequent urination.
b. dysuria, frequency, and urgency but a specimen yielding fewer organisms than 105 CFU/mL urine on culture.
c. fever and flank pain, dysuria, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, increased heart rate, and lower abdominal pain.
d. dysuria, frequency and urgency along with tenderness and pain over the area of the bladder.
Which two assays should be used together for detecting antibodies toward B. dermatitidis, H. capsulatum, and C. immitis?
a. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and direct fluorescent antibody (DFA)
b. Complement fixation and immunodiffu-sion
c. Indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) and Western blot
d. Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and latex agglutination
Of the following organisms, which has a unique developmental life cycle including a replicative form, the reticulate body (RB), and an extracellular, metabolically inert, infective form, the ele-mentary body (EB)?
a. Rickettsia
b. Chlamydia
c. Ehrlichia
d. Coxiella
Which continuous growth system uses a CO2 sensor to monitor mycobacterial growth?
a. BACTEC 9000 MB
b. BACTEC MGIT 960
c. MGIT System
d. BacT/Alert
The 3-day test that is useful for identifying the rapid-growers, M. fortuitum and M. chelonae, and that measures the rate by which this enzyme breaks down phenolphthalein disulfate into phe-nolphthalein and other salts is the ____________ test.
a. niacin.
b. phenolphthalein.
c. arylsulfatase.
d. Tween 80.
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