Gonorrhea

Question 1

What Sample Is Needed For Neisseria Gonorrhoeae?

Answer 1

1. The best sample for men is the urethral discharge smear.
2. Females can make a smear from the vagina.
   In females, a cervical smear can also be taken.
3. An anal canal smear can be taken.
4. Smears are made from prostatic secretions, urethra, cervix, and pelvic inflammatory disease.

Question 2

What Are The Indications For Neisseria Gonorrhoeae?

Answer 2

-A urethral smear is stained to diagnose gonorrhea.
-A cervical smear is stained to diagnose gonorrhea.
-It is advised to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases.

Question 3

How Will You Define Neisseria Gonorrhea?

Answer 3

-Neisseria is a human pathogen and does not cause infection in animals. So, the spread is through close contact through the sexual route.
-Neisseria is sensitive to drying and does not survive out of the body.
-Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes contagious diseases and is usually sexually transmitted.
-Mother can transmit the disease to the newborn.

Question 4

The incubation period is

Answer 4

2-10 days

Question 5

These are _______ parasites of the human urogenital area

Answer 5

obligate

Question 6

These are characteristically seen in ______ with adjacent sides ______.

Answer 6

pairs; concave

Question 7

In the purulent material, these are seen ________ and outside the cells.

Answer 7

intracellularly

Question 8

N. Gonorrhoeae is gram-negative bacteria that can grow in the body, like the

Answer 8

urethra, cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes in females and the urethra in males

Question 9

These bacteria grow in

Answer 9

enriched media (Chocolate agar).

Question 10

Incubation is done in a moist atmosphere containing

Answer 10

5-10% CO2

Question 11

These media may contain

Answer 11

antibiotics (Lincomycin) to inhibit the growth of other bacteria.

Question 12

The identification test is

Answer 12

carbohydrate utilization, which produces acid only from glucose

Question 13

colony morphology

Answer 13

Small gray glistening colonies form after 24 hours of incubation, which may become larger after 48 hours.

Question 14

There are two pathogenic Neisseria:

Answer 14

N. Gonorrhoeae (Gonococcus).
N. Meningitides (Meningococcus).

Question 15

N.Gonorrhoeae can infect any epithelium lined by columnar cells with cilia-like:

Answer 15

Urethra.
Cervix.
Rectum.
Pharynx.
Conjunctiva.
But cannot vagina, which is the squamous epithelium.
It grows in the warm, moist area of the female reproductive system.
It can also grow in the mouth, throat, and anus.

Question 16

Extracellular Gram negative
diplococci

Answer 16

not diagnostic

Question 17

Intracellular Gram negative
diplococci

Answer 17

diagnostic

Question 18

Neisseria gonorrhea causes:

Answer 18

Genital infection.
Proctitis.
Oropharyngeal infection.
arthritis.

Question 19

In the male:

Answer 19

There is a urethral purulent discharge.
There is dysuria.
There may be proctitis and tenesmus.
There is pelvic pain.

Question 20

In the female:

Answer 20

Females are usually asymptomatic.
Gonorrhea in females is symptomatic in about 75% to 80% and 19% to 15% in males.
There is mucopurulent cervicitis.
There is vaginal discharge.
There may be dysuria.
There may be proctitis.
N. gonorrhea causes gonorrheal urethritis and initiates the majority of cases of acute salpingitis, a so-called pelvic inflammatory disease.

Question 21

What Type Of Gonorrheal Disease Is Seen In Females?

Answer 21

Urethritis
Conjunctivitis
Vulvitis.
Vaginal discharge.
Swollen lymph nodes.
Bleeding after intercourse.

Question 22

What Type Of Gonorrheal Disease Is Seen In Males?

Answer 22

Urethritis (burning micturition).
Swollen, painful testes.
Enlarged lymph nodes in the throat.