NG Flashcards
(8 cards)
How it can be transmitted
Sexually
What are the features of Neisseria gonorrhoea?
Sexually active patient
Urethra vagina discharge
Arthritis possible
And you
Neonatal ophthalmia
Gram negative kidney shaped diplococcipositive
Where it can be stored
Human genital tract
How it can be transmitted
Sexually, birth is sensitive to drying and cold
What are the violence factors of gonorrhoea? Neisseria
Pili outer membrane proteins
Opa proteins
What are the diseases caused by it
Urethritis proctitis
Endocervicitis
Pid
Arthritis
Proctitis
Ophthalmia leads to to blindness if untrated
Disseminated disease arthritis skin lesion gonococcal pharyngitis
How it can be diagnosed
Uretheral smear PMNs
Commonly be gentic probes with amplification culture on thayer martin medium
How it can be treated
Ceftriaxone