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
