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Nursing Practice Questions for Pediatric Infectious Disease Questions
Question 1 of 5
The incidence of streptococcal pharyngitis increased in
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Strep pharyngitis peaks in school-age children (C, 5-15 years), due to close contact, per epidemiology.
Question 2 of 5
Treatment with erythromycin in the paroxysmal stage of pertussis
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Erythromycin in pertussis’ paroxysmal stage (A) doesn’t alter course or spread, effective only in catarrhal stage, per guidelines.
Question 3 of 5
A 6-year-old child presented with high fever, cough, and chest pain. Frontal chest radiograph shows airspace consolidation, which obliterates the silhouette of the heart border on the left. Of the following, the recommended treatment is
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Lobar pneumonia with silhouette sign suggests S. pneumoniae; ceftriaxone (B) is preferred for severe cases, per AAP.
Question 4 of 5
All the following matching are true EXCEPT
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Shigella (A), C. diff (C), EHEC (D), and EPEC (E, infant diarrhea) match. Campylobacter (B) causes bloody diarrhea, not specifically traveler’s, unlike E. coli.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following is a defective virus that occurs either as coinfection with HBV or superinfection in chronic HBsAg carriers?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Hepatitis D (D) is a defective virus requiring HBV for replication, per virology.