STDs Flashcards
What organism causes Gonorrhea?
gram negative bacteria, diplococcus
What type of agar does Gonorrhea grow?
Neisseria Gonorrhea
What are symptoms of Gonorrhea?
Chocolate Agar
Dysuria
green mucopurulent
joint issues(most common is knee)
sterility in men (affects testes)
salpingitis in women
blindness in newborns
What is Chlamydia?
Reiter Disease
Ophthalmia neonatorum
PID (females)
Asymptomatic (males)
Most common cause of family infertility
What is PID?
Inflammatory infection of the reproductive organs in females, most common in fallopian tubes
PID AKA
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PID causes
salpingitus
gonorrhea
chlamydia
candidiasis
trichimoniasis
What is syphillis?
organism is spirochete treponema pallidum(gram negative bacteria)
How can syphillis be transmitted?
placenta
How is syphillis treated?
penicillin
What is syphillis associated with?
Hutchinson’s triad(interstitial keratitis, notched permanent incisors, CNVIII deafness)
What is the diagnostic tool for syphillis?
Darkfield microscopy, labs (VDRI, FTA/ABS,TPI)
What is the primary stage of syphillis?
hard chancre that is singular and painless(up to 8 weeks)
What is the secondary stage of syphillis?
maculopapular rash, condylomatat lata (flat warts) and alopecia (8 weeks to 2 years)
transmission to others usually occurs during this stage
What is the tertiary stage of syphillis?
tabes dorsalis, gummas, vascular damage(aortic aneurysm or aortic valve insufficiency)(can last >25 years) - no tranmission can occur during this stage
What is trichimoniasis?
parasite causes yellow, frothy, foul smelling discharge
What is Lymphogranuloma venereum?
chlamydia infection which affects the lymph bodes in the groin and produces rectal strictures
What is Granuloma Inguinale?
bacteria infection which causes a red, beefy lesion in the anogenital perineal area
What is Moniliasis?
Candidiasis - fungus/yeast - white cottage cheese like discharge seen in mouth(thrush) or in the vagina, associated wtih diabetes
What is Granuloma Inguinale?
bacteria which causes a red, beefy lesion in the anogenital perineal area
What is genital herpes?
viral(HSV-2) infection creates vesicle clusters to reoccur with decreased immunity or stress
What is genital warts?
condylomatat accuminata
caused human papilloma virus
papilloma(painful, soft, flesh colored, cauliflower erosions)
linked to cervical cancer
What is AIDS?
HIV(retrovirus) leads to many opportunistic infections
What are the contraindications for AIDS?
breast feeding
Who is high risk for AIDS?
homosexual male
IV users
What are the labs for AIDS?
ELISA is screening test(RNA)
Western Blot is confirmatory (proteins)
What are the associated conditions related to AIDS?
pneumocystis carinii(most common), giardia lamblia and kaposi’s sarcoma
What is Molluscum contagiosum?
virus which can occur in children and in adults is only sexually transmitted
dome shaped, flesh colored or gray umbilicated papule that becomes pearly white with a caseous core, seen in mucosa of the mouth and eyelids
