B8-074 CBCL STI/STD Flashcards
neonatal infection with Ng during vaginal delivery causing conjunctivitis
ophtalmia neonatorum
why is there no effective vaccine for Ng?
antigenic variation of carboxy termini
phase variation of pilin
mechanism of immune evasion for Ng
IgA protease
mechanism of toxicity for Ng
lipooligosaccharide (LOS) endotoxin
causes symptoms
Thayer-Martin medium
Ng
sensitive and specific test for diagnosis of Ng in symptomatic males
gram stain
DOC for Ng
ceftriaxone
no classic peptidoglycan layer
chlamydia
(week Gram stain –> Giemsa stain)
Giemsa stain
chlamydia
why are beta-lactam antibiotics ineffective treatment for chlamydia?
no peptidoglycan layer
species specific and serovar-defining protein of chlamydia
MOMPS
(act as adhesins and implicated in disease manifestations)
auxotrophs dependent on host cell for ATP
chlamydia trachomatis
(cause a vacuole: “chlamydial inclusion”)
[…] body is the infectious form of chlamydia trachomatis
(key to extracellular survival)
elementary
(reticulate body only found intracellularly)
Ct does not infect epithelial cells of the […]
vagina
(lacking receptors?)
important because specimen must contain infected epithelial cells, so should be from urethra or cervix
Ct MOMPs A-C cause
trachoma
Ct MOMPs D-K cause
genital infections
Ct MOMPs L1-L3 cause
lymphogranuloma vereneum
(painful enlarged lymph nodes –> rupture)
leading cause of preventable blindness
Ct trachoma
MOMPs A-C
treatment for Ct trachoma
oral tetracycline
women with a history of Ng or Ct have an increased risk of sequelae with
PID
“inclusion conjunctivitis” in neonates
Ct
Ct in neonates can cause pneumonia presenting with a distinct […]
staccato cough
DOC for Ct
doxycycline 7 days
(single dose azithromycin if tetracyclines are contraindicated)
multiple shallow painful genital lesions
HSV
painless papule/ulcer with painful unilateral adenopathy
lymphogranuloma venereum
(Amboss: usually painless ulcer resolves in 1 week, then is followed by painful adenopathy 2+ weeks later)
painless lesion with firm raised border and regional lymphadenopathy
primary syphillis
painless, slowly progressive ulcerative lesion without lymphadenopathy
granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis)
few, large painful genital lesions
chancroid
HSV type […] is more likely to cause recurrent genital ulcers
2
treatment for HSV that has better bioavailability [2]
valacyclovir
famciclovir
(pts take less often; more $$)
gram negative coccobacillus causing chancroid
H. ducreyi
(do cry= painful)
not common in US, but common worldwide
stem may be traveler presenting with STD [2]
chancroid (painful)
granuloma inguinale (painless)
L1-L3 serotypes of Ct cause
LGV
can cause severe proctocolitis in MSM pts
LGV
(be vigilent if chlamydia PCR +)
ulcer causes inflammatory reaction in both superficial and deep inguinal nodes
characteristic “groove sign”
LGV
gram negative rod causing granuloma inguinale
Klebsiella granulomatis
Donovan bodies on tissue biopsy
granuloma inguinale
coccobacilli are visible as inclusion bodies in macrophages