STIs of the Genital Tract Flashcards
1
Q
What is meant by; sexually transmissible organism, sexually transmitted infection (STI) + sexually transmitted disease (STD)?
A
- a virus, bacteria, protozoan or arthropod which can be spread by sexual contact
- commensal
- pathogen
- an infection by a pathogen, which is sexually transmissible, and unlikely to be transmitted by non-sexual means
- neisseria gonorrhoeae
- HPV type 6
- a disorder of structure or function, caused by a sexually transmitted pathogen
- pelvic inflammatory disease
- genital warts
2
Q
What are some examples of sexually transmitted organisms?
A
- bacteria
- treponema pallidum (syphilis)
- neisseria gonorhoeae (gonorrhoea)
- haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid)
- chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia)
- klebsiella granulomatis
- mycoplasma genitalium
- viruses
- HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus)
- HIV
- HPV
- molluscum cantagiosum virus
- parasites
- pthirus pubis
- sarcoptes scabei
- trichomonas vaginalis
3
Q
What organisms are seen as an infection or instead a colonisation?
A
- mycoplasma hominis
- ureaplasma urealyticum
- bacteria vaginosis
- genital candidosis
4
Q
Which pathogens only require genital contact for transmission and which require group sex?
A
- pubic lice
- scabies
- warts (HPV 6 + 11)
- herpes (HSV 1 + 2)
- Hepatitis C
5
Q
What are some systemic symptoms + adverse outcomes of STIs?
A
- fever
- rash
- lymphadenopathy
- malaise
- infertility
- cancer (cervical)
- adverse pregnancies (syphilis)
* can be asymptomatic
