26 Flashcards
What enzyme determines lactobacilli levels?
Estrogen
What bacteria causes most of urinary tract infections
Esherichia coli
Cystitis
E.coli, staphylococcus saprophyticus
Pyelonephritis
E. Coli
Leptospirosis
Leptospira interrogans
Weil’s syndrome
Kidney failure caused by leptrospirosis
Gonorrhea
neisseria gonorrhea
Anal + pharyngeal
More severe with men
It produces Opa protein which binds to t cells
Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
Nonspecific urethritis (NSU)
– Any inflammation of the urethra not caused by
N. gonorrhoeae
• Caused by:
– Chlamydia trachomatis – Mycoplasma genitalium – Ureaplasma urealyticum
Salpingitis
infection of the uterine tubes
– Most serious form of PID
– Scarring can cause infertility or ectopic pregnancy.
Syphilis
Treponema pallidum
yaws
not sexually transmitted.
– is a tropical infection of the skin and joints caused by the subspecies T.p. pertenue.
Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)
• Caused by C. trachomatis
Genital Herpes
herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV–2)
Genital Warts
condyloma acuminata
• Caused by human papillomaviruses