Week 6: Enteric Bacteria/Urogenital Infections

Question 1

characteristics of gonorrhea

Answer 1

• diplococci
• aerobic
• gram negative

Question 2

bacteria that causes gonorrhea

Answer 2

Neisseria gonorrhea

Question 3

bacteria that causes meningitis

Answer 3

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 4

trifecta of meningitis

Answer 4

fever, headache, stiff neck

Question 5

chlamydia must be grown (in a test) in ___; you can’t culture it in a ______

Answer 5

host cell; liquid media/agar plate

Question 6

bacteria that causes chlamydia

Answer 6

C. trachomatis, C. pneumoniae

Question 7

bacteria that causes syphilis

Answer 7

T. pallidum

Question 8

treponema are _____

Answer 8

strict anaerobes

Question 9

3 stages of syphilis; are the pathology/symptoms different at each of these stages?

Answer 9

1. primary
2. secondary
3. late stage

YES, stages have different pathology/symptoms

Question 10

primary stage of syphilis

Answer 10

• smooth, round chancre

- resolves after 3-6 weeks

Question 11

secondary stage of syphilis

Answer 11

rash/lesions, fever, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, patchy hair loss, headaches, weight loss, muscle aches; these will resolve w/out Tx

Question 12

late stage of syphilis

Answer 12

brain, nerve, eyes, heart, BV, liver, bones, joints affected

Question 13

syphilis is responsive to _____

Answer 13

antibiotics

Question 14

occurs when a mother infected with syphilis passes the infection on to her baby during pregnancy

Answer 14

congenital syphilis