Urethritis

Question 1

What are the most common causes of urethritis?

Answer 1

Neisseria gonorrhoea and chlamydia tractiomatis

Question 2

Urethritis is urethral inflammation with or without an ______

Answer 2

infection

Question 3

Most commonly, urethritis is a _____ acquired condition

Answer 3

sexually

Question 4

Chlamydia is an obligate (has to be/restricted to) intracellular gram _____ aerobe

Answer 4

Negative

Question 5

True or false: chlamydia is a coccus

Answer 5

False
It is a bacillus

Question 6

Neisseria is a gram negative _______

Answer 6

diplococcus

Question 7

What are risk factors for urethritis?

Answer 7

MSM
Unprotected sex

Question 8

How does urethritis present?

Answer 8

Dysuria (painful urination)
may have urethral discharge (blood/pus)
Urethral pain

Question 9

How do you diagnose urethritis?

Answer 9

NAAT (nucleic acid amplification test, to detect STI type)
Urine dipstick
MC+S

Question 10

R_____ a_____ is an arthritis that develops following an infection causing redness and swelling in various joints in the body

Answer 10

Reactive arthritis

Question 11

What are the 3 symptoms of reactive arthritis?

Answer 11

Think “can’t see, pee or climb a tree”

Conjunctivitis
Urethritis
Arthritis

Question 12

What gene is associated with reactive arthritis?

Answer 12

HLA B27

Question 13

True or false: patients with reactive arthritis have infection in the joint

Answer 13

False
That is septic arthritis

Question 14

C____ may cause reactive arthritis whereas _____ typically causes septic arthritis

Answer 14

Chlamydia
Gonorrhoea

Question 15

How do you treat Neisseria gonorrhoea infection?

Answer 15

IM ceftriaxone and azithromycin

Question 16

How do you treat chlamydia tractiomatis

Answer 16

azithromycin