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drduck
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12/07/07 - 12:28 PM

A 23 yr old graduate student complains of burning on urination and vaginal discharge. On physical examination, a bilateral groin rash, generalised vaginal erythma, and a whitish vaginal discharge are observed, remaining physical exam is normal. The laboratory test most likely to detect a specific host defence causing this clinical problem would be,

A) blood glucose concentration

B) blood urea nitrogen concentration

C) serum IgA concentration

D)serumIgE concentration

E) serum complement concentration

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12/07/07 - 01:32 PM

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12/07/07 - 01:38 PM

E) serum complement concentration------

she probably has deficiency of C5-C9 whitch put her at more risk to have GONORRHEA

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12/07/07 - 01:40 PM

I think this is candida infection
so you should look for DM in any case of candida

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12/07/07 - 05:50 PM

doc_clotaire wrote:
E) serum complement concentration------

she probably has deficiency of C5-C9 whitch put her at more risk to have GONORRHEA

They ask about ...specific host defence...
Blood glucose has nothing to do with it...

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12/07/07 - 07:29 PM

bilateral groin rash,vaginal discharge ,burning on urination -- STD infection
deficiency of C5-C9 whitch put her at more risk to have nesseria GONORRHEA
E) serum complement concentration

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12/08/07 - 04:01 AM

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12/08/07 - 05:18 PM

hello colleagues, I think this girl has candida infection, so A. Not gonorrea because the discharge woul be yellow and fetid.

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12/09/07 - 03:03 AM

how on the earth would gonorrhea cause erythema and white dicharge??

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12/09/07 - 03:35 AM

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12/10/07 - 12:24 PM

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okay guys i agree the Q is tricky and the correct answer is A,
yes its due to diabetes mellitus.
even i went for option E....
but believe me if u see overall situation it goes in favour of DM not complements.
thanks a lot all.

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