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M6 - Genitourinary Infections Flashcards

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What groups of people are mainly at risk

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  1. Young heterosexuals
  2. Male homosexuals
  3. Minority ethnic groups
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What are some of the underlying causes of increases of STD prevalence in the UK

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  • More tolerance towards sexual diversity and behaviour
  • Inconsistent use of condoms, especially among the younger groups of people
  • High levels of asymptomatic infection
  • Poor access to GUM clinics and sexual health services
  • GUM clinics running at capacity
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What bacteria causes gonorrhoea

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Neisseria Gonorrhoeae

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What are the characteristics of neisseria gonorrhoeae

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  • Human pathogen spread by sexual contact, acute and relatively easy to treat
  • Gram -ve cocci
  • Aerobic
  • Catalase +ve
  • Oxidase +ve
  • Best growth in 5-10% CO2, moist atmosphere
  • Occur in pairs, spherical
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How does gonorrhoea present

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  • Purulent infection of the mucous membrane of the urethra and cervix (also rectal and pharyngeal)
  • Purulent discharge, dysuria
  • Microscope = bacteria seen inside polymorphonuclear cells of the inflammatory exudate
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If gonorrhoea is left untreated, what complications can occur

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  • Epididymitis, can spread to testicle - possibility of infarction (necrosis)
  • Salpingitis inflammation of the fallopian tube - can lead to pelvic inflammation disease and sterility
  • Purulent conjunctivitis in newborn - blindness possible
  • Disseminated gonorrhoea (fever, painful joints, skin lesions)
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Describe the treatment of gonorrhoea

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Penicillin - slow release intramuscular also tetracycline, ceftriaxone
N.B. Beta-lactamase mediated penicillin resistance

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What are spirochaetes

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Spiral bacteria

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What is the causative organism of syphilis

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Treponema Pallidum (spirochaete)

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Describe the characteristics of treponema pallidum

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  • Spiral shaped bacterium
  • Rigid cell
  • Motile - polar flagella enclosed in outer membrane
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What can be used to observe treponema pallidum

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  • Visible through dark ground microscopy, UV microscopy using anti-treponema antibodies linked to fluorescein
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How does T.pallidum enter the body

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Enters by penetration of intact mucosa or through abraded skin
N.B low no. of cells probably required for infection

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Describe primary syphilis

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  • Bacteria multiply at entry site
  • Lesion at approx 3 wks (painless) frequently on external genitalia
  • Chancre (lesion) heals after approx 6 wks.
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Describe secondary syphilis

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2-12 wks after primary infection

  • Macular or pustular lesion/rash esp on trunk and extremities
  • Highly infectious lesions
  • Also flu-like illness
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What oral manifestation suggests secondary syphilis

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Snail track ulcer

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Describe Tertiary syphilis

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3-30 years later if left untreated
- Slow, progressive destructive inflammatory disease that can affect any organ - neurosyphilis, CVS, gummatous (bones and skin lesions)

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Describe the features of congenital syphilis

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In-utero transmission of T.pallidum to baby after 3 months of pregnancy

  • Possible death of foetus
  • Congenital abnormalities/deformities
  • Facial and tooth deformities arising a few years later
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Name a tooth deformity associated with congenital syphilis

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Hutchinson’s teeth - moon shaped edges to teeth/incisors

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Describe the diagnosis of syphilis and why its hard

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Cant be grown on agar in lab

- Microscopy + serological (antibodies)

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Describe the non-specific diagnosis test for syphilis

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Cardiolipin antibody test - screening - if positive will then take specific test

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Describe the specific diagnosis test for syphilis

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Use treponemal antigens e.g. VDRL - T.Pallidum antibody tests - Treponema pallidum immobilisation test (TPI) live treponemes immobilised by antibodies in the patient’s serum

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What is the treatment route for syphilis

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Penicillin or Tetracyclines, erythromycin, chloramphenicol

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What is the causative agent of chlamydia std infection

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Chlamydia. trachomatis

there are other chlamydias that cause other forms of chlamydia infection

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Describe the basic morphology of chlamydia bacteria

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  • Small bacteria

- Obligate intracellular parasites

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Describe the basic life cycle of chlamydia organisms
1. Elementary bodies (EB) - live outside body of host and initiate infection 2. Attachment + entry to host 3. Reticulate bodies (RB) - non-infectious for intracellular multiplication, new EB's produced to invade adjacent cells
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Describe the clinical manifestations of chlamydia infection
They indicate damage from cell destruction and inflammatory response and give rise to urethritis, cervicitis, epididymitis, conjunctivitis etc. NB - asymptomatic infection in women is common
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How is lab diagnosis of chlamydia infections carried out
- Cell culture growth as they are obligate intracellular pathogens (parasites) - Immunofluorescent staining - Direct Ag (antigen) detection in smears
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What is chlamydia usually treated with
Tetracycline
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AY BAWS CAN I HABE DE NOTE PLZ
Chlamydia is often asymptomatic and can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy etc
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Describe the aetiology of UTIs
Usually an ascending bacterial infection: Urethra -> bladder -> kidney -> urinary tract Occasionally will continue to invade the blood stream and cause septicaemia Much less commonly bacteria can each the kidney by the haematogenous route
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What are some of the predisposing factors of UTI
- Disruption of urine flow, e.g. catheterisation, pregnancy, prostratic hypertrophy - Shorter urethra in females than males - UTI incidence is higher amongst sexually active populations - Male infants; due to faecal organisms - Prevention of complete bladder emptying makes person more susceptible to infection - Reflux of urine from bladder to ureters predisposes to ascending infection and kidney damage - Diabetes can mean more severe infections
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AY BAWS CAN I HABE DE NOTE PLZ
Women more likely to get UTIs than men
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What is a common bacteria type that causes UTIs
E.Coli due to faecal contamination
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Why are E.Coli bacteria a common UTI causative agent
- Have particular types of antigen pili from adherence to urethral and bladder epithelium - Capsular polysaccharides (K antigens) are associated with ability to cause pylonephritis and resist host phagocytosis - Haemolysin production: membrane damaging
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Name another faecal organism besides E.Coli than can cause UTIs
``` Proteus Mirabilis (very motile) - Urease production is significant in pyelonephritis ```
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What are some of the host defences against UTIs
- Urinary tract is generally resistant to colonisation - pH, chemical composition and flushing action of urine helps to dispose of bacteria in urethra and prevents growth of commonly urethral bacteria
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What are the clinical features of lower urinary tract infections
- Acute infections: dysuria, pain - Cloudy urine: due to cells and bacteria often with catheterised patients. Possibility of chronic inflammatory changes in the bladder, prostate and periurethral glands - Prostatitis: acute, chronic
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What are the clinical feature of Upper Urinary tract infections
- More difficult to diagnose as distinct from lower UTIs - Symptoms as lower UTI + fever often as kidney is involved (pyelonephritis) - Recurrent pyelonephritis leads to renal damage
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Describe the Lab diagnosis of UTIs
All about finding high levels of bacteria in urine: Bacteruria defined as significant when a midstream urine sample has >10^5 bacteria per ml Infected urine will likely have only one species of bacteria in the urine as well Also >10 WBCs per ml of urine is abnormal and may indicate infection
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What methods of urine collection are there
- Midstream urine - Catheter - Supra pubic (from bladder)
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What bacteriological media are commonly used in lab diagnosis of UTIs
- Blood agar (non-selective medium) - MacConkeys agar (selective medium for GI tract bacteria) - 35-37C for 18 hours
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Describe the treatment of UTIs
- Uncomplicated case = Trimethoprim or ampicillin (5 days) | - If organism is resistant (50% amp. resistance incidence) then cephaloxin

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