A 16-year-old client visits the community health clinic with concerns that she may have a sexually transmitted infection (STI). She asks whether STIs are treatable. STIs that are easily treated and curable include: (Select all that apply.)
A) Human papillomavirus
B) Herpes simplex
C) Chlamydia
D) Gonorrhea
E) Syphilis
Ans: C, D, E
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Infections caused by bacteria can be treated and usually cured with antibiotics, but those caused by viruses cannot be cured this way. Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis—all bacterial—and trichomoniasis—parasitic are easily treated with antibiotics and cured if diagnosed early. Human papillomavirus and herpes simplex are viral infections that are not treatable.
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