C P D  Q U E S T I O N S
Journal 37

Two CPD points are awarded for the correct completion and submission of the questions below.

CPD questionnaires must be completed online via www.cpdjournals.org.za.
After submission you can check the answers and print your certificate.

Questions may be answered up to 6 months after publication of each issue.
This programme is available free of charge to members of the HIV Clinicians Society and SAMA only.

1.    True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
 ART will be offered to adult patients with a CD4 count 

<200 cells/µl and an AIDS-defining illness. 

2. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
 ART will be offered only to adult patients with tuberculosis 

and CD4 <350 cells/µl. 

3. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Adult patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are 

excluded from ART due to drug-drug interactions.  

4. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Children diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis between 

the ages of 5 and 15 will be considered for ART when the 
CD4 count is below 350 cells/µl.  

5. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Children diagnosed with TB between the ages of 5 and 15 

will be considered for ART when the CD4 count is below 
350 cells/µl. 

6. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 ART should be deferred in infants <12 months who have a 

CD4 percentage above 25.  

7. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 D4T toxicity occurs most frequently in patients who have a 

high body mass index and are younger, male and/or on TB 
treatment.  

8. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Older men with lipodystrophy, reduced creatinine 

clearance and low BMI should preferentially receive 
tenofovir.  

9. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Pregnant women who do not need ART for their own 

health should commence AZT from the first month of 
pregnancy.  

10. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Pregnant women who are commencing ART for their 

own health may do so with EFV or NVP from the time of 
booking. 

11. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Ganciclovir can be given intra-ocularly instead of 

intravenous and oral therapy to treat cytomegalovirus 
retinitis. 

12. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Ganciclovir should be used cautiously with AZT since it has 

similar bone marrow toxicities. 

13. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Intravenous ganciclovir in pregnancy can reduce 

congenital abnormalities in HIV co-infected women. 

14. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 CMV is a cause of transverse myelitis in HIV-infected 

patients. 

15. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 In order to perform HIV testing, the provider must have 

signed written consent or he or she will be liable. 

16. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Feelings of hopelessness falsely predict suicide. 

17. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Depression in individuals with HIV/AIDS has not been 

found to affect adherence to medication regimens. 

18. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 Valganciclovir can be used in the oral form to initiate and 

maintain CMV treatment in HIV CMV retinitis.  

19. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 HIV has been shown unequivocally to be a disease of 

poverty. 

20. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer: 
 There is no evidence that multiple concurrent partners are 

linked to higher rates of sexually transmitted infections.