Lecture 30: Dysuria; urethritis, cervicitis and testicular pain Flashcards
1
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What is urethritis?
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- condition occurring in symptomatic males with >5PMNL per HPF on microscopy of a urethral smear
- symptoms are of an anterior urethritis
2
Q
in male where does discharge come from?
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3
Q
Causes of vaginal discharge?
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- Physiological
- Cervicitis: endocervical infection
- Genital candidiasis
- bacterial vaginosis
4
Q
characteristics of chlamydia?
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- Bacteria
- obligate intracellular bacterium with complex biphasic lifecycle
- deficient in endogenous ATP production
- Outer membrane similar to that of other gram negative bacteria
