Infections Flashcards
which bacterial is the most common cause of uti
The most common bacteria found to cause UTIs is Escherichia coli (E. coli). Other bacteria can cause UTI, but E. coli is the culprit about 90 percent of the time.
Stages of syphilis
N.gonorrhoeae
Intense suppurative inflammatory reaction
Purulent urethral discharge
Gram neg diplococci
Acute prostatitis epididymitis or orchitis
Bartholin glans very common
Ascending infection with salpingitis leading to abscesses &
PID
Gonorrhoea dessimated infection
0.5-3%
Tenosynovitis
Arthritis
Pustular skin lesions
Endocarditis and meningitis are rare
Diagnosis of gonorrhoea
DX nucleic acid amplification of exudates
Most common form of std
Nongonococcal urethritis and cervicitis
Multiple pathogens most of C. Trachomatis among others.
C. Trachomatis -
G-neg. Intracellular bacterium
In patients who are hla b. 27. Positive and infection can cause reactive arthritis, conjunctivitis and generalise mucocutanous lesions
Up to 95% men who have sex with men have
Seropositive hsv1/2
Genital hsv causes…
Painful erythematous vesicles
Presence of I tra epithelial vesicles
Classic Cytology findings Cowdrey type A inclusion
But DX is now mainly via immunohistochemistry
Recurrent infection is more commonly seen in hsv 1 or 2
Hsv1 more in oral
Hsv 2 more down south
Recurrent infection more in hsv1
HPV
Proliferation lesions of genital mucosa include:
Condyloma acuminatum (venereal warts)
Precancerous lesions and invasive cancer