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1
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What enzyme determines lactobacilli levels?

A

Estrogen

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What bacteria causes most of urinary tract infections

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Esherichia coli

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3
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Cystitis

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E.coli, staphylococcus saprophyticus

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Pyelonephritis

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E. Coli

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5
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Leptospirosis

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Leptospira interrogans

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Weil’s syndrome

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Kidney failure caused by leptrospirosis

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Gonorrhea

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neisseria gonorrhea
Anal + pharyngeal
More severe with men
It produces Opa protein which binds to t cells

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Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)

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Nonspecific urethritis (NSU)
– Any inflammation of the urethra not caused by
N. gonorrhoeae
• Caused by:
– Chlamydia trachomatis – Mycoplasma genitalium – Ureaplasma urealyticum

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Salpingitis

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infection of the uterine tubes
– Most serious form of PID
– Scarring can cause infertility or ectopic pregnancy.

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10
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Syphilis

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Treponema pallidum

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yaws

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not sexually transmitted.
– is a tropical infection of the skin and joints caused by the subspecies T.p. pertenue.

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Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)

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• Caused by C. trachomatis

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Genital Herpes

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herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV–2)

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14
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Genital Warts

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condyloma acuminata
• Caused by human papillomaviruses

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