You are reviewing for your nursing school
entry exam with your study group. Each person in the group agrees to cover one
disease. You select toxoplasmosis for your presentation. Toxoplasmosis can
be a serious problem for those who are immunosuppressed, as well as for
fetuses. Even in healthy people, the immune system may not clear the organism,
resulting in a latent infection that can reactivate when
immunity declines.

Please select the FALSE statement
regarding toxoplasmosis.

Question

You are reviewing for your nursing school
entry exam with your study group. Each person in the group agrees to cover one
disease. You select toxoplasmosis for your presentation. Toxoplasmosis can
be a serious problem for those who are immunosuppressed, as well as for
fetuses. Even in healthy people, the immune system may not clear the organism,
resulting in a latent infection that can reactivate when
immunity declines.

Please select the FALSE statement
regarding toxoplasmosis.

Answer

Toxoplasmosis
occurs in two main forms—tuberculoid and lepromatous—depending on the immune
status of the individual.

Answer

People contract toxoplasmosis by ingesting
oocytes discharged in the feces of acutely infected cats or inadequately cooked
meat containing tissue cysts.

Answer

Toxoplasmosis
may cause encephalitis, brain masses, and other nervous system problems in
immunodeficient people.

Answer

Toxoplasmosis
is usually asymptomatic among healthy people, although some people develop sore
throat, fever, and enlarged lymph nodes and spleen.

Answer

Infection
of the fetus, especially during the first trimester, results in miscarriage,
stillbirth, or birth defects.

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