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1
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describe Gonorrhoeae’s discharge

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usually males

thick purulent

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Pelvic Involvment from STIs cause?

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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

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Gonorrhoea what kind of bacteria?

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gram -ve diplococci

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Gonorrhoea adhere to?

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columnar epithelial cells

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why younger women more likely to get Gonorrhoea?

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their ectocervix has more columnar epithelial cells

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Gonorrhoea asymptomatic how many % females vs. males?

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females: 80%
males: 10%

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Gonorrhoea antibiotic resistance how?

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plasmid exchange with throat commensals during oral sex

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get peri-hepatitis (fitz-hugh-curtis syndrome) with what infection?

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disseminated Gonorrhoea (violin string adhesions)

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2 big disseminated symptoms of Gonorrhoea?

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maculopapular rash

peri-hepatitis

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what happens in pelvic inflammatory disease?

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get fever
tubal scarring
infertility

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neonatal Gonorrhoea opthalmia happens when? describe presentation. if untreated?

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day 2-5
gross purulent conjunctivitis
could cause perforation and blindness if untreated

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neonatal Gonorrhoea opthalmia treatment?

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systemic cefotaxime, not topical

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what is thayer-martin agar for?

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inhibits microbiota

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Gonorrhoea urine collection how?

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first void urine

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Gonorrhoea 50% co-infection with?

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chlamydia

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prevention of Gonorrhoea?

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barrier contraception

contact tracing

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what is the infectious part of chlamydia trachomatis called?

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elementary bodies

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chlamydia trachomatis adheres to?

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columnar epithelials

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chlamydia trachomatis what kind of bug?

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obligate intracellular parasite

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chlamydia trachomatis serovars: what are A-C? D-K? L 1-3?

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A-C: ocular (Trachoma)
D-K: genital infection
L 1-3: lymphogranuloma venereum

21
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two forms of chlamydia trachomatis in life cycle?

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elementary bodies: infectious, non replicating, hardy

reticulate bodies: metabolically active, replicate

22
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what is most common STI?

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chlamydia trachomatis

23
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chlamydia trachomatis asymptomatic or symptomatic? cause what in females/males?

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usu asymptomatic

males: urethritis
females: cervicitis

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chlamydia trachomatis symptoms in males?

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clear discharge
dysuria
testicular pain
prostatitis

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lymphogranuloma venereum caused by?
chlamydia trachomatis
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lymphogranuloma venereum presentation?
ulcerative genital lesion get suppurative inguinal lymphadenopathy with systemic sx
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neonatal chlamydia trachomatis 2 main presentation:
conjunctivitis: 2-28 days, can be hemorrhagic Pneumonia: 2-8 weeks: stacatto cough
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chlamydia trachomatis treatment?
1g Azithromycin or 100mg doxycycline bid 2/52
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chlamydia trachomatis at end of treatment need?
test of cure
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Trichomonas vaginalis what kind of bug?
flagellated protozoon
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Trichomonas vaginalis presentation?
asymptomatic usually | frothy green-yellow itchy vaginal discharge
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Trichomonas vaginalis does what to pH of vagina?
increases >5.0
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Trichomonas vaginalis causes genital inflam which can predispose you to what?
HIV acquisition
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Trichomonas vaginalis marker for?
high-risk sexual activity
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when do you get strawberry cervix?
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Trichomonas vaginalis testing? 3 things:
high vaginal swab urine-PCR pap smear
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Trichomonas vaginalis treatment?
metronidazole | tinidazole
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what is Treponema pallidum?
Syphilis
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primary Treponema pallidum (syphilis) presentation?
1-2 cm painless chancre then heals
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what is secondary Treponema pallidum (syphilis) presentation?
disseminated rash on palms, heels, face, scalp
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describe the 2 latent stages of Treponema pallidum (syphilis)?
early latent: symptomatic, +++ infectious secretions | late latent: after 2 years, less infectious, harder to treat
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what is tertiary Treponema pallidum (syphilis)?
10-30 years later you can get infection in aorta (dissections), joints, neurosyphilis
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Treponema pallidum (syphilis) AKA?
The great mimicker.
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Treponema pallidum (syphilis) dx via?
serology
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Mycoplasma Genitalium genome? cell wall? characteristics?
smallest genome no cell wall hard to culture antibiotic resistant
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Treponema pallidum (syphilis) what shape of bacteria?
spirochete
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Mycoplasma Genitalium interaction in body?
attaches and taken into cell and protected from immune response
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Mycoplasma Genitalium causes what in women? 4 things
cervicitis acute endometritis PID predispose to HIV
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Mycoplasma Genitalium treatment?
Azithromycin

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