lec 15- bacterial sexually transmitted diseases

Question 1

Bacterial diseases are treatable, T?F?

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

What is the incidence of STIs per year in the US?

Answer 2

26 million

Question 3

Who is disp affected by bacterial STDs?

Answer 3

young people, minorities, MSM

Question 4

The main STDS in the US are:

Answer 4

clamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis

Question 5

Trepona pallidum causes__

Answer 5

syphillis

Question 6

Describe reponema pallidum

Answer 6

spirochete, fastidious (sensitive and needs specific things outside hwat it can make), doesn’t stain very well

Question 7

T. pallidum is transmitted how?

Answer 7

Direct contact in sex, blood, and open wounds, moms to babies

Question 8

T. pallidium Increases risk of giving/getting __ via open sores; example of why open wounds occur?

Answer 8

HIV; intravenous drug use/abuse

Question 9

A primary syphilis symptom is:

Answer 9

ulcers or chancers - hard red nodule or lesion

Question 10

How long do ulcers resolve? If they do.

Answer 10

2-6wk

Question 11

How long after a primary syphillis infectction does secondary syphillis happen?

Answer 11

4-12 week after

Question 12

How long does secondary syphillis happen?

Answer 12

3-12wk

Question 13

The result of immune ssytem fighting secondary syphillis is that there are:

Answer 13

papules and bumps, swolen lymphnodes

Question 14

If 2ndary syphilis is untreated, what occurs

Answer 14

Brain/bone/hearts/etc is where latent syphilis will travel to. Won’t be in the bloodstream really anymore

Question 15

Latent syphillis is the last stage of syphillis, T/F?

Answer 15

False, tertiary is when it gets reactivated

Question 16

The number one treatment for syphillis is __?

Answer 16

Penicillin

Question 17

Syphillis studies in led to what positive fing?

Answer 17

laws of informed consent (you can walk away from study or treatment)

Question 18

What gender has a higher syphilis incidence?

Answer 18

male dominated

Question 19

The Clap is a nickname for __

Answer 19

gonorrhea

Question 20

Describe niesseria gonorrhoaea:

Answer 20

Gneg, Coffee bean shape, diplococcus, facultative intracellular

Question 21

How is gonorrhoaea spread?

Answer 21

sex, childbirth, M->F or M->M bc seminal fluids

Question 22

A main symptom of gonorrhae is?

Answer 22

urethritis or infertility (PID), risk of HIV

Question 23

Diagnosing gonorrhea includes

Answer 23

a gram stain (best in males), culture, flo. antibody, PCR

Question 24

Drug resistance fades over time T/F?

Answer 24

FALSE- constantly evolving

Question 25

1.5x higher rates of gonorrhea is in?

Answer 25

20-30yr old men

Question 26

NGU non gonorrococal urthritis is caused by ___

Answer 26

chlamydia

Question 27

Describe morphology of chlamydia

Answer 27

small gneg,

Question 28

Phases of chlamydia

Answer 28

Two phases- Reticuluate and elementary bodies

Question 29

Untreated chlamydia can cause

Answer 29

blindness, eye issues in chlamydia trachoma

Question 30

Bacterial STDs are all treated by __except __

Answer 30

Antibiotics; gonorrhea

Question 31

Which chlamydia phase is infectous and is it in or outside a cell?

Answer 31

Elemntary body is outside cell and is infectious