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qid 6612 · health

Question: A sexually active 23-year-old man with multiple sex partners has dysuria and a yellow urethral exudate. Gram stain of the exudate shows numerous neutrophils, many that contain intracellular gram-negative diplococci. He has had three similar episodes of urethritis over the past 2 years. Which of the following properties of the infecting organism best explains the reinfection?

  1. Resistance to antibiotics
  2. Inhibition of T-lymphocyte function
  3. Catalase
  4. Inhibition of neutrophil function
  5. Suppression of host immune response
  6. Production of exotoxins
  7. High mutation rate
  8. Inhibition of B-lymphocyte function
  9. Ability to form biofilms
  10. Antigenic variation

Our answer: J. Antigenic variation Source quote machine-checked (strict)

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Wikipedia, "Neisseria gonorrhoeae"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neisseria_gonorrhoeae

“It exhibits antigenic variation through genetic recombination of its pili and surface proteins that interact with the immune system.”

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