Last Class Flashcards
Medication for tuberculosis latent
Riffenpissin
Can we use gram staining for myobacteries
Absolutely not
Must use Zeihl staining
What is special about chlamydia in terms of how they multiply
They go inside of cells although they are bacteria
Which one is transmitted through parrots
Chlamydophila psittaci
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydophila psittaci
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How to diagnose
Chlamydophila psittaci
Serology blood test
Causes what most often
Chlamydophila psittaci
Pneumonia
True or false
It’s easy to find chlamydia pneumonia and diagnose it
No it is extremely difficult that is why we start treatments without really knowing what the sickness is
Chlamydia trachomatis type A infeciton
Trachome
Eye Infection
Majority of population infected by Lymphogranulome
vénérien (LGV)
Males this is the type of chlamydia trachomatis
HARSAH (proportion) 99%
At what stage would a patient consult for Lymphogranulome
vénérien (LGV)
First stage is just a little ulcer so there’s no point and they won’t really notice
They will for sure consult stage two It is super painful blood fever muscular pain
HARSAH (proportion) 99%
Méthodes diagnostiques : Chlamydia trachomatis?
TAAN
Traitement 1er choix : Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline
Treponema pallidum Three progressions
Primary is a painless buss on the peepee
Secondary SAG, adénopathies ++, fièvre
Tertiary: Neurological (dementia, vision loss) + cardiovascular
What are the two syphilis tests
Tests tréponémiques vs Tests non tréponémiques (VDRL)
The patient is coming back after his tréponémiques test was positive to do another VDRL test to see if he’s doing better
Does he also need to be doing tréponémiques?
No
Positif un jour, positif toujours
Only need to do RPR (Rapid Plasma Reagines)
