ch 27 part 5 review Flashcards
disease 5
BACTERIAL STIs
s/te/ice
stis
infection of STIs
Chlamydial Infections
k/lmid/yl
chlam ydial
Symptoms
asymptomatic
affect on :
(1) ~75% women
(2) ~50% men
discharge : thin, gray-white discharge from urethra
pain : sometimes painful testes
urination : can have painful urination
fever : fever
male symptoms
female symptoms :
discharge : increased vaginal discharge
urination : can have painful urination
bleeding : abnormal vaginal bleeding
pain : abnormal pain
intercourse : pain during intercourse
Causative Agent
Chlamydia trachomatis
clm/idyl
chlam/y/dia tracho matis
pathogenesis
elementary body or EB
infectious form
attaches to receptors on epithelial cells
EB taken in and became
non-infectious which is reticulate body (RB)
divides repeatedly resulting in many new EBs :
reticulate body (RB)
what happend when reticylate release and when does it release ?
released when host cell lysis
and Then elementary bodies leave the host cell and start a new infectious cycle or
infect nearby cells
Chlamydial Infections Can lead to ?
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
(2) scar tissue in fallopian tubes
(3) infertility
(4) ectopic pregnancy
Epidemiology
is chlamydial infection serious ?
most common of all notifiable bacterial infectious diseases
transmission
sexual
(a) vaginal
(b) oral
(c) anal
and
carriers
Treatment
antibiotic
Prevention
a. abstinence
b. condoms
c. monogamy
d. iD and treat sexual contact
e. testing
newborns infected during birth process can cause :
neonatal conjunctivitis
neonatal chlamydial pneumonia
neonatal conjunctivitis
cause :
con/junc/tiv/itis
conjunctivitis
inflammation of eye surface
eye discharge (watery , thick pus)
can cause blindness
