Chpt 21 Flashcards

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1
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Flushing action of urine is a type of __

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Defense

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2
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Urine flow encourages __

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DESQUAMATION OF EPITHELIAL CELLS LINING IN THE URINARY TRACT

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____ are the most common microbial threat to the urinary tract

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Normal biota

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Defenses in the urine are all EXECEPT FOR:
A.acidic pH
B.Lysozyme 
C.Lactoferrin
D.Secretory IgA
E.IgE
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except for IgE

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5
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Is a majr nonspecific defense during childhood and menopause

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Mucus

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What would be a cause of having differently biota in the vagine during adolescence?

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Change in pH beginning of adolescence

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How are kidneys, ureters, bladder, and upper urethra kept serile?

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By urine flow and regular bladder emptying

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8
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After the onset of puberty, estrogen leads to glycogen release in the vagina resulting in ___

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Acidic pH

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9
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Predominance of Lactobacillus, combined with acidic enviromen, discourages the growth of many microorgansims (t/f)

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True

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10
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Candida albicans is not present in the female genital tract (t/f)

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False, is present at LOW LEVELS

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Overgrowth of candida albicans may result in ___

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Symptomatic yeast infection

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12
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Which organisms is the primary biota of the vagina

a. Staphylococcus
b. Lactobacillus
c. Pseudomonas
d. Streptococcus
e. Candida

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Lactobacillus

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13
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Infection of the urinary bladder

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Cystisis

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14
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Infection of the kidneys

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Pyelonephritis

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15
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Infection limited to the urethra

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Urethritis

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16
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Burning pain accompanying urination

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Dysuria

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17
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Presence of blood in the urine

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Hematuria

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18
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UTI’s seen in health care facilities are usually due to:

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Catheters!!

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19
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95% OF UTIs are caused by ___ of the gastrointestinal tract

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Normal biota

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20
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Escheria coli is responsible for 80% of ___

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UTI’s infection

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21
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Back pain and high fever are symptoms of

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Pyelonephritis

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22
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Cranberry products products TREAT ACTIVE UTI’s (t/f)

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False, there’s no evidence that cranberry products treat ACTIVE UTI’s

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23
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___ not transmitted from one person to other but from the GI tract to the urinary system.
- more common in women than men because of the nearnes of the urethral opening to the anus

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Community-acquired UTIs

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A CDC report in 2015 showed that

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Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were at their highest rates ever, after decades of progress

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Urethritis Painful urination Yellowish discharge
Male signs and symtpoms of GONORRHEA NEISSERIA GONORRHOA
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___ causes major complications on women when the infection accends from vagina and cervix to higher reproductive structures such as uterus and fallopian tubes
Gonorrhea
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Inflammation of the fallopian tubes
Salpingitis!!!
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Salpingitis that includes inflammation of other parts of the upper reproductive tract
Pelvic inflammatory disease
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___ is the most common reportable infectious disease in the US
Chlamydia
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Causative agent of chlamydia
C. trachomatis
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C. trachomatis is a causative agent of
Chlamydia
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__ is a frequent secuela of female chamydial infection
PID
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Inflammation of the vagina
Vaginitis
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Similar to vaginitis, but does not include significant inflammation
Vaginosis
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Candida albicans is a
Fungus infection !! (yeast infection)
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Candida infections of the bloodstream do occurs and have higlhy mortaility rates (t/f)
True
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Vaginal infections are ___
Nearly always opportunistic
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Protozoa, does not survive long out of the host
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Which one of the following is not an genital ulcer disease: a. Syphylis b. Chacroid c. Genital Herpes d. HIV
HIV
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Syphilis causative agent
Treponema pallidum
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CHANCRE (ulcers) is the ___ syphilis
Primary
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3-6 month later fever is a sign of ___ syphilis
Secondary syphilis
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Chancroid is a ___ disease
Ulcerative
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___ has recurrent episodes of lesions
Genital herpes
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Can spread even when no lesions are present ___
Genital herpes!!!
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There's a vaccine for genital herpes (t/f)
False, no vaccine available
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Human papillomavirus infection is a causative agent of
Genital warts
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Nearly all sexually active adults will get ___ at some time in their lives
HPV
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The vast majority of cervical cancers are caused by
HPV
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Males don't get cancer from infectious from these viruses (t/f)
False, males CAN also get cancer from infection from these viruses
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Infection with human papillomavirus is
Incurable
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1. Which of the following i on the CDCs "Urgent threat" list because of its potential resistance to antibitotics? a. staph saprophyticus b. trichonomas vaginalis c. herpes virus d. enterobacteriacea
Enterobacteriacea
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7. Which of the following bacteria is known to produce substances that rais the local pH a. gardnerella b. E coli c. lactobacillus c. leptospira
Gardenella
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13. Which part of the urinary tract has te most abundant and diverse microbiome a. lower urethra b. upper urethra c. bladder d. kidneys
Lower urethra
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16. Bacterial vaginosis is commonly associated with a. Candida albicans b. Gardnerella c. Trichomonas d. anu of these
Gardnerella
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19. Which of the following STIs is curable with antimicrobials a. HPV b. Herpes c. Chlamydia d. Two of these
Chlamydia