Repro 6 - infections of the genital tract

Question 1

What morbidities are associated with STIs?

Answer 1

1. Pelvic inflammatory disease
2. Impaired fertility
3. Reproductive tract cancers
4. Risk of infection with blood-borne viruses - HBV (hepatitis B virus) and HIV.
5. Risk of congenital or peripartum infection of neonate

Question 2

What organism causes HPV infection?

Answer 2

Human papillomaviruses

Question 3

What organisms causes herpes infection?

Answer 3

Herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (2 more common in genital herpes)

Question 4

What organism causes chlamydia infection?

Answer 4

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 5

What organism causes gonorrhoea infection?

Answer 5

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 6

What organism causes syphilis?

Answer 6

Treponema pallidum

Question 7

What organism causes trichomoniasis?

Answer 7

Trichomonas vaginalis