Other infections Flashcards
What is Leprosy known as?
Hansen’s disease
Describe the disease of Leprosy
Bipolar
Describe the infection of Leprosy
Slowly progressive
What is this infection caused by?
Mycobacterium leprae
What is the Mycobacterium leprae known as?
Lepra bacilli
What does this infection affect? (2 points)
Skin
Peripheral nerves
What does this infection mainly result in?
3 points
Deformity
Paralysis
Ulceration
What is the incubation period of the Mycobacterium leprae?
5-10 years
What is the mode of infection of Leprosy?
Droplet
What does this droplet infection occur via?
Nasal mucosa
What is the classification of the Leprosy bipolar disease based on?
Host immune responses
What are the 2 forms of the Leprosy disease classified based on the host immune responses?
Nodular
Maculoanaesthetic
What is the nodular leprosy known as?
Lepromatous
What is the Maculoanaesthetic leprosy known as?
Tuberculoid
What is another form of Leprosy?
Border line
Describe Border line Leprosy
Grade between Tuberculoid and Lepromatous
Describe the form of Nodular Leprosy
Severe
What is the tissue destruction in the Leprosy known as?
Leproma
Describe Leproma
Granuloma
How many cells is this granuloma composed of?
4
What are the 4 cells where this granuloma is composed of?
Macrophages
Lymphocytes
Plasma cells
Giant cells
Describe the cytoplasm of these Macrophages
Foamy
Describe the color of this cytoplasm
Pale
What do these Macrophages do with the Lepra bacilli?
Engulfment
What do these Lepra bacilli rapidly do?
Multiplication
Where do these Lepra bacilli rapidly multiply in the Macrophages?
Cytoplasm
What does the Macrophages do with the Lepra bacilli then?
Lysis
Describe this lysis (2 points)
Partial
Incomplete
What causes this incomplete lysis of the Lepra bacilli?
Defective digestion
What is resulted due to the partial lysis of the Lepra bacilli?
Foamy cytoplasm
What are the Macrophages then known as?
2 points
Foam cells
Lepra cells
Describe the resistance of the patient in Nodular Leprosy
Very low
What causes this low resistance?
A defect
Which cells does this defect occur in causing the low resistance of the patient?
T Lymphocytes
What aren’t the T Lymphocytes stimulated by as a result?
Lepra bacilli
What doesn’t occur to the Macrophages as a result?
Instruction
What aren’t the Macrophages instructed to do?
Killing
What aren’t the Macrophages instructed to kill?
Phagocytosed Lepra bacilli
What also occurs in the Leproma?
Healing
What is healed in the Leproma?
Old lesions
What do the old lesion heal by?
Fibrosis
How many lesions occur in the Nodular Leprosy?
5
What are the 5 lesions that occur in the Nodular Leprosy?
Skin Nasal Neural Trophic Visceral
Describe the 2 forms of the skin lesion
Nodular
Macular
Where is the skin lesion especially nodular in?
2 points
Face
Extremities
Where is the skin lesion also nodular in?
Forehead
Describe the appearance of the nodular skin lesion in the face and in the forehead
Lenione
Describe the 2 forms of the macular skin lesion
Erythematous
Hypopigmented
What occurs in the Nasal lesion? (3 points)
Mucosal ulceration
Nasal obstruction
Septal destruction
What is affected in the neural lesion?
Big peripheral nerves
Which big peripheral nerves are especially affected in Neural lesion?
Ulnar
What occurs in these big peripheral nerves?
Thickening
Destruction
Describe this thickening and destruction
Diffuse
What causes Trophic lesion?
Loss of sensation
What occurs due to the Trophic lesion?
2 points
Traumatic ulcer
Deformities
Where do these traumatic ulcer and deformities occur in?
2 points
Hands
Feet
What are the 4 organs in which the infection occur in, in Visceral lesion?
Liver
Spleen
Testis
Eye
Describe the form of the Maculoanaesthetic Leprosy
Mildest
Describe the resistance of the patients in Maculoanaesthetic Leprosy compared to the resistance of the patients in Nodular Leprosy
Relatively higher
What is occurs in the tissue reaction?
Granuloma
Describe this granuloma
Non-caseating
How many cells is this non-caseating granuloma formed of?
3
What are the 3 cells that form this non-caseating granuloma?
Macrophages
Lymphocytes
Giant cells
What does this non-caseating granuloma has a marked tendency for?
Fibrosis
What does this granuloma differ from?
Sarcoidosis
What does this granuloma have which is a difference between it and sarcoidosis?
Lepra cells
Describe the number of these lepra cells
Few
Which stain may these lepra cells be found by?
Ziehl-Neelsen
Where does this granuloma occur along side of which is a difference between it and Sarcoidosis?
Nerves
What is accompanied by these nerves due to the occurrence of this granuloma along side them?
Nerve destruction
Describe the infection of the Maculoanaesthetic Leprosy
Mild
What does this infection mainly occur in? (2 points)
Skin
Peripheral nerve
How many lesions occur in the Maculoanaesthetic Leprosy?
3
What are the 3 lesions that occur in the Maculoanaesthetic Leprosy?
Skin
Neural
Trophic
What occurs in the skin lesion in Maculoanaesthetic Leprosy?
Macules
Where exactly do these macules occur in the skin lesion in Maculoanaesthetic Leprosy?
(3 points)
Face
Trunk
Limbs
Describe the occurrence of these macules
Single
Or
Very few
What is the color of these macules?
Red
Describe the border of these macules
Slightly elevated
Describe the center of these macules
Anesthetic
What does anesthetic mean?
Impaired sensation
Describe the color of these macules center
Pale
What is also impaired?
Sweating
Describe the occurrence of the neural lesion
Early
What does the peripheral nerve show in the neural lesion?
Thickening
Describe this thickening (2 points)
Diffuse
Or
Fusiform
What does this thickening cause?
Muscle atrophy
What causes the trophic lesion
Loss of sensation
What occurs due to the Trophic lesion?
2 points
Traumatic ulcer
Deformities
Where do these traumatic ulcer and deformities occur in?
2 points
Hand
Feet
Describe the disease of the Syphilis
Venereal acquired
Describe the disease of the Syphilis
Venereal acquired
What does the Syphilis cause?
Infective granuloma
What is the etiological agent of the Syphilis?
Treponema pallidum
What is the form of the Treponema pallidum?
Spirochetes
What are the 2 ways of Syphilis transmission?
Sexual
Vertical
What is the transmission of the Syphilis most contagious to?
Sex partners
During which stages of the Syphilis is the transmission most contagious to sex partners? (2 points)
Primary
Secondary
What does the Treponema pallidum enter the body via?
2 points
Skin
Mucous membrane
Through what does the Treponema pallidum enter the body via skin and mucous membrane?
Abrasions
When does the Treponema pallidum enter the body via skin and mucous membrane through abrasions?
During sexual contact
What is the other mode of infection of the Syphilis?
Transplacentally
How is this infection transmitted transplacentally?
From mother to fetus
When is this infection transmitted placentally from mother to fetus?
During pregnancy
What occurs in the pathogenesis of the disease?
Invasion
What does the Treponema pallidum directly invade?
Mucosa
What is this Treponema pallidum possibly aided by?
Surface abrasions
What are these surface abrasions resulted from?
Intercourse
Describe the person which has this intercourse that causes surface abrasions
Infected
What develops at the site of infection?
Primary lesion
What is this primary lesion known as?
Chancre
What is the usual site of infection in which the primary lesion develops in?
External genitalia
What are the other 2 sites of infection in which the primary lesion develops in?
Lips
Anorectal region
What does the Treponema pallidum then pass to within hours?
Regional lymph nodes
What does the Treponema pallidum gain access to within hours?
Systemic circulations
What are the 5 histologic hallmarks of the Syphilis whatever the disease is that the location of the lesions are?
Endarteritis Obliterans Plasma cell Lymphocytes Giant cells Necrosis
Describe the occurrence of the Endarteritis Obliterans
Early
Which cells are mainly the histologic hallmarks of the Syphilis?
Plasma cells
Describe these giant cells
Relatively small
Describe the nuclei of these giant cells
Central
Which Syphilis stage does the necrosis occur in?
Tertiary
What is developed in the primary syphilis?
Primary lesion
Which site does this primary lesion develops at?
Inoculation
What are these 2 sites of inoculation?
Genital
Extra genital
What are the 2 extra genital sites?
Lips
Tongue
When does the primary lesion appear?
2-6 weeks after infection
What are the 3 progressions of this primary lesion?
Macule to Papule to ulcer
Describe this primary lesion (2 points)
Painless
Highly infectious
Describe the edge of this primary lesion
2 points
Sharp
Indurated
Describe the base of this primary lesion
Clean
What also occurs in the primary syphilis?
Regional lymphadenopathy
Describe the regional lymphadenopathy
2 points
Painless
Bilateral
Describe the regional lymphadenopathy when touched
Classically rubbery
When does the secondary Syphilis occur?
2 months after the primary chancre
What is the most common lesion in the Secondary Syphilis?
Mucocutaneous
What are the 3 clinical manifestations?
Skin lesion
Hair
Lymph node
What occurs in the skin lesion? (3 points)
Rash
Mucous patches
Condylomata lata
Describe this rash
Generalized
What is present in this rash? (3 points)
Macule
Papule
Pastule
What is the percentage of the occurrence of the macule, papule and pustule?
75%-100%
Describe these mucous patches
Highly infectious
What are these mucous patches?
Ulcers
Describe these ulcers
Snail track
Where are these mucous patches found on?
2 points
Pharynx
Genitalia
What is the Condylomata lata?
Papular lesions
What do these papular lesions look like?
Wart
Where do these papular lesions occur in?
Moist areas
Which 4 moist areas do these papular lesions occur in?
Axillae
Perineum
Vulva
Scrotum
What are these moist areas stuffed with?
Treponema pallidum
Describe the occurrence of these Treponema pallidum
Abundant
What occurs in the hair?
Spots
Loss of eyebrows
Describe these spots (2 points)
Patchy
Bald
What occurs in the lymph nodes?
Generalized Lymphadenopathy
Which lymph nodes does this Generalized Lymphadenopathy especially occur in?
Epitrochlear
Cervical
What are the 5 general manifestations of Secondary Syphilis?
Malaise Fever Headache Joint pain Syphilis lesions
What happens to these Syphilis lesions while the person remains infected?
Resolve without treatment
When does the Tertiary Syphilis occur?
After 2-12 years
Describe the stage of this disease
Destructive
What are the 3 main types of the Tertiary Syphilis?
Syphilitic gummas
Cardiovascular
Neurosyphilis
What is the most common complication of late syphilis?
Gummas
What is the color of this gummas?
Gray white
Describe the gummas when touched
Rubbery
What occurs in this gummas? (2 points)
Granulomas
Necrosis
Describe this necrosis (2 points)
Central
Coagulative
What is infiltered in this gummas?
Plasma cell
What are the 5 most common sites where this gummas occur in?
Skin Subcutaneous tissue Bone Joints Testis
What do these gummas do in the skin?
Break down
What do these gummas form when broken down?
Ulcers
Describe these ulcers
Punched-out
What happens to the liver as a result of this gummas?
Scarring
What does this scarring cause?
Distinctive hepatic lesion
What is this distinctive hepatic lesion known as?
Hepar lobatum
What does the Cardiovascular Syphilis result in?
Weakening
What is weakened due to the Cardiovascular Syphilis?
Aortic wall