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What is agent of syphilis??(the great pox)
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treponema pallidum
spirochette |
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Describe the three stages of syphilis???
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1st stage -primary syphilis-chancre2-6 weeks
2nd stage fever flue like swollen lymph nodes patchy hair, skin rash several weeks 3rd stage tertiary syphilis |
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What is gumma
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a weakening of major blood vessels causing them to bulge and burst gets in spinal cord and alter judgement
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How many cases of Syphilis per year???
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46,000
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congenital syphilis is what?
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sypholis spirochettes (treponema pallidum) penetrate placenta and babies suffer defects like impaired vision,notched peg shaped teeth deafness(called Hutchinson's triad)
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Diagnosis of Syphilis???
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Wasserman's test and
treponimal AB test |
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What is agent of gonorrhea.??? and desription???
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Neisseria gonorrheae a small gram negative diplococcus
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Symptoms of Gonorrhea??
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Female= reddened cervix, abdominal pain burning,sesation during urination follopian tubes can be damaged PID some women asymptomatic
Men= tingling then pain urinating discharge, |
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What is gonococcal pharyngitis?
proctitis gonococcal opthalmia? |
Gonorrhea of the pharnyx
" " " rectum " ' " eyes in baby passing thru birth canal |
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treatment of gonorrhea???
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Penicillin some strains resis. so spectinomycin,silver nitrate (eyes)Erythromicin
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How many cases of Gonorrhea??
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350,000
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Chlamydia Another name for???
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nongonococcal urethritis
NGU |
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The agent of Chlamydia???
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chlamydia trachomatis -Small organism
0.25um in diam.------------------------------------------------ |
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Symptoms of chlamydia
incubation?? treatment?? diagnosis?? |
mild gonorrhea like symptoms
5000,000 cases burning discharge in males incubation1-3 weeks erythromycin flourescent AB test |
