1. A – True
Up to 75% of women and 50% of men present with Chlamydia without an accompanying symptoms.
2. D – Both A & B
There are currently two methods used for the treatment of chlamydia. A single 1,000 mg dose of azithromycin and/or doxycycline twice daily for 7-14 days. Penicillin G is the treatment used for syphilis.
3. D – All of the above
Untreated Chlamydia can lead to the development of many complications. Blindness, infertility, and pelvic inflammatory disease, are just a few of these complications.
4. B – False
The patient, along with their partners should be checked, tested, and treated. Patients cannot have intercourse until they and their sex partners are done with the antibiotic treatment.
5. A – True
Chlamydia Trachomatis is a gram-negative, intracellular bacterium that can only reproduce in a host cell. Unlike most bacterium, Chlamydia has a two-part growth cycle. The bacteria will first have to travel and attach itself to the inside of a host cell. Once attached, it is able to enter by endocytosis, where the bacterium engulfs the host cell in an energy-using process. Inside the cell, the microorganism begins reproducing within the cell until the cell ruptures. When this occurs, up to 1,000 new microorganisms have developed and spread throughout the body.