The nurse, collecting data on the reproductive system from a female patient, is told that the patient has a vaginal discharge that is cottage cheese–like in appearance. The nurse recog-nizes this as a common sign of:
1. pelvic inflammatory disease.
2. Trichomonas vaginalis infection.
3. atrophic vaginitis.
4. Candida albicans infection.
4
C. albicans has a distinctive odor and a cottage cheese–like appearance.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1046
OBJ: 4 TOP: Sexually Transmitted Infections
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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