Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Question 1

Pelvic inflammatory Disease

Answer 1

• -an infection of the organs of reproduction

* especially fallopian tubes

Question 2

Gonorrhea

Answer 2

• -Gram (-) Diplococcus
• -chocolate agar
• -MC symptom = dysuria
• -MC sign = green macopurulent discharge
• -MC joint affected = knee
• -MC sequelae site in men = testes = sterility && girls = salpingitis && newborns = blind

Question 3

Chlamydia

Answer 3

• -cause Reiter’s disease & ophthalmia neonatorum
• • cause PID in females while males remain asymptomatic
• *MC cause of female infertility

Question 4

Syphilis

–what is the organism

Answer 4

treponema pallidum

Question 5

Syphillis how is it transmitted?

Answer 5

• -sex

- -&& via placenta

Question 6

what is Syphillis associate with?

Answer 6

Hutchinson’s triad

• -interstitial keratitis
• -notched permanent incisors
• -CN VIII deafness

Question 7

diagnostic test for Syphillis

Answer 7

--darkfield microscopy
LABS:
**VDRL
--FTA/ABS
--TPI

Question 8

The 3 stages of Syphillis

Answer 8

• -1 Stage: Hard chancre that is singular and painless (<8wks)
• -2 Stage: Maculopapular rash, condylomata lata (f;at wart) & alopecia (8wk-2yr)
• -3 Stage: Tabes dorsalis, gummas, or vascular damage (aortic aneurysm or aortic valve insufficiency) no transmission during this stage (>25yr)

Question 9

Trichomoniasis

Answer 9

parasite causes greenish, yellow, frothy, foul smelling discharge

Question 10

Moniliasis (aka: Candidiasis)

Answer 10

–white cottage cheese like discharge seen in the mouth (thrush) or in the vagina: associated with diabetics & antibiotics

Question 11

Lymphogranuloma Venereum

Answer 11

• -Affects lymph nodes in the groin

- -Produces rectal strictures

Question 12

Granuloma Inguinale

Answer 12

–Presents as red, beefy lesions that are nodular and lead to ulcerations & are seen in the anogenital to perineal area

Question 13

Genital Herpes

Answer 13

–vesicle clusters reoccur with decreased immunity or stress.

Question 14

Genital Warts AKA: Condylomata Accuminata

Answer 14

–Papilloma (painful, soft, flesh colored, cauliflower erosion are linked to cervical cancer)

Question 15

Chancroid

Answer 15

–Papules which become soft & painful (Frei test)

Question 16

AIDS

–organism =

Answer 16

HIV (retrovirus)

Question 17

Chancroid

–organism =

Answer 17

Homophiles Ducreyi.

Question 18

Condylomata Acuminata

–organism =

Answer 18

Human Papilloma virus.

Question 19

Granuloma Inguinale

–organism =

Answer 19

Bacterium w/ incubation time 8-80 days.

Question 20

Genital Herpes

–organism =

Answer 20

Virus (HSV-2)

Question 21

Pelvic inflammatory Disease

–caused by:

Answer 21

Gonorrhea & Chlamydia

Question 22

Trichomoniasis

–organism =

Answer 22

parasite

Question 23

Moniliasis (aka: Candidiasis)

–Organism =

Answer 23

fungus/yeast.

Question 24

Lymphogranuloma Venereum

–Organism =

Answer 24

Chlamydia.

Question 25

AIDS -lab tests

Answer 25

1) ELISA-screening test (RNA)

2) Western-Blot (most accurate)

Question 26

AIDS - associated conditions

Answer 26

• -pneumocystic carinii (MC)
• -Giardia lamblia
• -Kaposi’s sarcoma

Question 27

Molluschi contagiosi

–Organism =

Answer 27

virus

Question 28

Molluschi contagiosi

–occurs in who?

Answer 28

–can occur in children & sexually transmitted only in adults

Question 29

Molluschi contagiosa

–characterized by what?

Answer 29

• -dome shape
• -fleshy colored or grey umbilicate papule that becomes pearly white with a caseous core
• -seen in mucosa of mouth & eyelids