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gram negative diplococcus, found on and within neutrophils
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N Gonorrhoeae
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Attach to host cells by use of Pili, chromosomal rearrangments of pili allow it to attach to many different types of cells, and escape immune system
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Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
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Treat with Ceftriaxone
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N gonorrhea
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N Gonorrhoeae micro
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gram negative diplococcus, found on and within neutrophils
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N gonorrhea pathogenesis
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Attach to host cells by use of Pili, chromosomal rearrangments of pili allow it to attach to many different types of cells, and escape immune system
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N gonorrhea treatment
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Ceftriaxone
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spherical obligate intracellular bacterium, unable to make own ATP.
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Causative agent of Syphillis
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Treponema Palldium
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painless, red ulcer with a hard rim called a chancre.
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Syphillis
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soft chancre, tender but not indurated. Females may have dysuria, vaginal discharge instead or sore
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Haemophilus Ducreyi -
Chancroid. Genital Ulcer Disease (GUD) |
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motile spirochete, cannot be cultivated in vitro
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Treponema Palldium - Syphilis
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Dx with dark field microscopy because organism does not stain well with dye
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Treponema pallidum - spirochete - Syphillis
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unilateral, inguinal lymphadenitis --> buboes. Major co-factor in transmission of hIV
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Haemophilus Ducreyi - Chancroid. Genital Ulcer Disease (GUD)
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gram negative, non motile rod. Capsule similar to Klebsiella. Found primarily inside macrophages
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Calymmatobacterium granulomatis - Donovanosis, aka Granuloma inguinale
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Intracellular inclusions called Donovan bodies
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Calymmatobacterium granulomatis -
Donovanosis, aka Granuloma inguinale |
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painful lesions, starting as raised nodules which erode into beefy-red ulcers. Difficult to distinguish from chancroids
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Calymmatobacterium granulomatis -
Donovanosis, aka Granuloma inguinale |
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yellowish, green frothy vaginal discharge, strawberry cervix
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Trich by Trichomonas Vaginalis
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do not have mitochondria, but have hydrogenosomes, double-membraned organelles that transfer electrons to H, forming gas - "frothy"
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Trich by Trichomonas Vaginalis
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"Clue cells" - sloughed off epithelial cells covered with bacteria
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Vaginitis
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Main sx of trich?
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yellowish, green frothy vaginal discharge, strawberry cervix
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What is isolated using CHROMagar?
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Candida -
Albicans - green krusei - rose tropicalis - blue |
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What are the common manifestations of Congenital rubella?
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cataracts, mental retardation, deafness
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Opthalmia neonatorum is a _, which occurs as a results of _ infection during birth
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purulent ocular infection
Gonorrhea |
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Most common cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns
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Streptococcus agalactiae. (GBS)
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granulomatosis infantiseptica is an infection of _
How is this characterized |
Listeria in neonates (early onset)
- Characterized by the formation of disseminated abscesses and granulomas in multiple organs |
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How did Listeria acquire resistance to tetracyclines and aminoglycosides?
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conjugative plasmids and transposons originating from enterococci
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Major virulence factor of Group A strep?
Of Staph aureus? |
M protein
Protein A |
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Clostridium Produces double zone of hemolysis on blood agar – inner is complete (d.t _) and outer is incomplete (_ toxin).
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theta toxin
alpha |
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Recreational exposure to peed in water?
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Leptospirosis (interrogans are pathogenic)
Damage blood vessels. |
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The hepatic involvement of Leptospirosis with jaundice is called "_"
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Weil's disease
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