Sexually Transmitted Infections

Question 1

What are the 3 chlamydia species?

Answer 1

Chlamydia trachomatis-genital tract and eye
Chlamydia psittaci-zoonotic pneumonia
Chlamydia pneumonia-upper and lower respiratory tract infections

Question 2

What chlamydia serovars D-K?

Answer 2

Oculogenital infections

Question 3

What do we do about chlamydia?

Answer 3

Screening, contact tracing and awareness campaigns

Question 4

What are the symptoms of chlamydia?

Answer 4

Tubaal factor infertility, ectopic pregnancy, premature pregnancy termination, endometritis and perihepatisis

Question 5

What are the symptoms of gonorrhoeae?

Answer 5

Both-dysuria, urethral discharge, rectal discharge and rectal bleeding
Male-urethral itch
Female-pelvic inflammation disease, post coital bleeding, menstrual bleeding, vaginal discharge and 50% no sx

Question 6

What is the life cycle of chlamydia?

Answer 6

EB is phagocytosed and become a RB in cell, this then rests in a persistent state, then it creates heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) which causes complications during chlamydia, body synthesis antibodies which have some cross link reactivity which means they attack self cells too