06-07-2014, 02:52 PM
A 22-year-old male presents to your clinic complaining of penile discharge and dysuria. The patient reports having multiple sexual partners but denies any history of sexually transmitted infections. Gram stain of his discharge reveals numerous neutrophils, but no bacteria. A feature of the organism causing your patient's urethritis is:
a. Antigenic variation
b. Endoflagellum-mediated motility
c. Host ATP-dependency
d. IgA protease
e. Thymidine kinase production
a. Antigenic variation
b. Endoflagellum-mediated motility
c. Host ATP-dependency
d. IgA protease
e. Thymidine kinase production
