STD Handouts Flashcards
Can syphillis be cultured?
No
How is congenital syphilis acquired?
Through placenta
What is the hallmark sign of syphilis?
Chancre
Do chancres hurt?
No
Secondary syphillis - go
Systemic, with fever, LAD, mucosal membrane snail track lesions, and hand and foot rash
Hand and feet rash, mucosal membrane lesions?
Secondary syphilis?
How is syphilis diagnosed?
Serology Non-treponemal tests are cheaper: RPR, VDRL false + w/ hep, mono, SLE Ag is beef heart cardiolipin
Treponemal - more exp
FTA-ABS
Darkfield microscopy in early dz helpful
Syphilis treatment
Pen G
Is syphilis primarily pathogenic because of the agent or the response?
Response
Primary syphilis S/S
Painless ulcer at site of entry
Non-tender inguinal LAD
Latent syphilis early and late, and difference?
Latent: no symptoms, positive serology
Early: may relapse to secondary, moms may pass to baby
Late: does not relapse to secondary, cannot pass to fetus
Tertitary syphilis S/S
Progessive inflammatory, years to develop
Endarteritis
GUMMAS
Eventually, CV symptoms and CNS!!!!
Syphilis tx
Large 1x PenG
Co-factors for cervical cancer
Smoking
HSV infection
Can HPV be cultured?
No
E6 does what
Inactivates p53
E7 does what
inactivates Rb
HPV structure
circular unenveloped dsDNA
Explain the difference between permissive and non-permissive cells
Non-permissive: late genes not expressed, leading to transformed cells (can produce tumors!)
Differentiated squamous cells become permissive as rise
In malignant tumors, portion of genome has been integrated, and during that process of integrating E6 and E7, their regulatory protein is not included
Explain warts and skin cells
Virus infects basal cells which are non-permissive until mature to surface; become permissive and replicate virus
Virus always resides in basal cels genomes
What are laryngeal papillomas?
Chronic benign warts of respiratory tract appearing before age 5
3% die from respiratory distress
Acquired at birth 50% of time
Which strains of HPV cause subclinical papilloma infection?
16, 18, 31
Which HPV cause genital and oral/neck cancer
16, 18, 31
Which strains cause laryngeal papillomas?
6, 11
How can you find SPI?
Brush area with 5% acetic acid, turns wart white
Also pap can look for koilocytotic squamous epithelium
Tx of HPV
LEEP removes dysplastic cells
Drugs
BCA and TCA
GC and Ct diagnosis?
NAAT on urine or exudate
Which bugs can cause PID?
GC, Ct
If someone is infected with GC, it is very possible they’re also infected with:
Ct
This entire MOA of antibiotics is ineffective against Ct
beta lactams
Is GC encapsulated?
Yes but not MC
LPS provokes big inflammatory response
Antigenic variation important for __ by using __
GC, pili
GC pilus change?
PiliS is a silent locus with no promoter, but eventually part of it gets put into PilE (expression locus) - causes lots of antigens