STI, PID Path Flashcards
___ is the most common bacterial STI
Chlamydia
STIs may affect younger women worse because of cervix has a ____ epithelium
glandular
What test is the most common and preferred for testing gonorrhea and chlamydia
Nucleic Acid Amplification test
Women have a __% chance of acquisition of gonorrhea while men have a __% chance
50; 20
Because chlamydia is ____ parasite, the antigen effects can result in more ___
intracellular; scarring
___ is the major flora of the vagina and it gives it the ___ environment
Lactobacillus; acidic
In chronic salpingitis the fimbriae of the fallopian tubes can __ resulting in __
fuse; cysts
If chronic salpingitis spreads to the fallopian tube it can cause ___ ___ ___
tubo ovarian abscesses
Occluded fallopian tubes will fill with pus and eventually turn into ___
hydrosalpinx
IUD use has been associated with __ infection
Actinomyces
PID is chronic salpingitis plus involvement of ____ and ____
ovaries and parametrium