You Are Reviewing for Your Nursing School Entry Exam with Your

question 13

Multiple Choice

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.
-Why is toxoplasmosis is not treated in otherwise healthy people?

• A) Healthy people do not get toxoplasmosis.
• B) There are no medications available for treatment.
• C) T. gondii is extremely resistant to medications.
• D) The disease is brought under control by their immune system.
• E) The available medications are very toxic to most people.

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