Urethritis and Related Conditions

Question 1

What is urethritis?

Answer 1

Inflammation of the urethra

Question 2

What is the most common manifestation of STDs?

Answer 2

Urethritis

Question 3

How is a Dx of urethritis made?

Answer 3

By ID’ing the causative agent

Question 4

What bug typically causes gonococcal urethritis?

Answer 4

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 5

What are two bugs that cause nongonococcal urethritis?

Answer 5

C. trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum

Question 6

What are urethral caruncles?

Answer 6

Polypoid inflammatory lesions near the female urethral meatus that produce pain and bleeding that generally result following menopause

Question 7

What is Reiter Syndrome?

Answer 7

Triad of urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis of weight-bearing joints

Question 8

What is believed to be the cause of Reiter Syndrome?

Answer 8

Thought to be an inappropriate immune response to unknown microbial agents (usually follows chlamydial, shigella, salmonella, or campylobacter infections)