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20 Cards in this Set
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Chlamydiosis - Causative Agent
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Chlamydia trachomatis - Information
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obligate intracellular parasite
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Chlamydiosis - Reservoirs
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human body
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Chlamydiosis - Transmission
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perigenital skin - mucous membranes
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Chlamydiosis - Organs Involved
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vagina - urethra - lymph nods
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Chlamydiosis - Signs/Symptoms
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headach - fever - muscle aches - lymphatic obstruction - deforming edema of genitalia + anus - nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) - mimic gonorrhea - cervicitis - white drainage - endometritis - salpingitis
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Chlamydiosis - Diagnosis/Lab ID
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direct exam - direct assay immunofluorescent - PCR-based probe
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Chlamydiosis - Treatment
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tetracyclines - azithromycin
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Chlamydiosis - Prevention
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prophylaxis - sexual protection
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Chlamydiosis - Other Information
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70% women infected are asymptomatic
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Chlamydiosis - Virulence factor
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shielded envelope - live outside eukaryotic host
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2 stages of chlamydias
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elementary body (metabolically inactive infectious) - reticulate body (noninfectious, actively dividing)
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2 forms of chylamydial eye disease
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ocular trachoma - inclusion conjunctivitis
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Chlamydial ocular trachoma - Transmission
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contaminated fingers - fomites - flies - hot, dry climates
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Chlamydial ocular trachoma - Signs/Symptoms
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mild conjunctival exudate - inflammation - pannus - chronic + secondary infection → corneal damage + impaired vision
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Chlamydial ocular trachoma - Treatment
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tetracycline - sulfa drugs
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Chlamydial inclusion conjunctivitis - Transmission
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contact w/ secretions of infected genitourinary tract
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Chlamydial inclusion conjunctivitis - Signs/Symptoms
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5-12 days after birth - conjunctival irritation - profuse adherent exudate - redness - swelling
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Chlamydial inclusion conjunctivitis - Treatment
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tetracycline - erythromycin
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Chlamydial inclusion conjunctivitis - Diagnosis/Lab ID
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Giemsa - iodine stains
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