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38 Cards in this Set
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae is gram _____, ____________ |
negative, diplococci |
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Microaerophilic and needs capneic incubation |
neisseria gonorrhea |
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capneic incubation |
decreased oxygen and increased carbon dioxide |
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neisseria gonorrhea is grown on _____________________ |
Thayer Martin Selective Agar |
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Thayer Martin Selective Agar has _______ |
VCN |
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VCN stands for |
Vancomycin, Colistin, Nystatin |
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Vancomycin inhibits _______ |
gram positive |
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Colistin inhibits _______ |
gram negative rods |
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Nystatin inhibits _______ |
yeast |
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transmission of neisseria gonorrhea & _____ is the only host |
STD, man |
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Gonococcal Opthalmia Neonatorum |
Way of getting gonorrhea other than STD, baby gets it through birth canal |
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gonorrhea lasts about _______ hours on fomites |
18-24 |
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how many cases of gonorrhea a year |
350,000 |
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Males are _______% symptomatic |
10-20 |
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inflamed/irritated urethra |
Urethritis |
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3 symptoms of urethritis |
Purulent discharge, dysuria, increased frequency of urination |
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Primary way of spreading gonorrhea |
purulent discharge |
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pus from urethra as a result of WBC (neutrophils) trying to engulf neisseria |
purulent discharge |
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"The Drip" is also known as |
purulent discharge |
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Dysuria causes painful urination due to release of ___________ |
endotoxin |
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Why some people don't take gonorrhea seriously |
UTI clears up without treatment |
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Symptoms are clearing up but you can still spread gonorrhea because of small drip |
covalescent carrier |
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Complications with gonorrhea in males |
Sterility & Chronic prostatitis |
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Gonorrhea effects the __________ in males and can cause them to become sterile |
epididymis |
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inflammation of the prostate gland |
Chronic prostatitis |
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______% & ________ fraction of females are healthy carriers of gono |
66-75, 2/3-3/4 |
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3 symptoms of gonorrhea in females |
urethritis, cervicitis, PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) |
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gonorrhea can invade cervix and cause |
Cervicitis |
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2 symptoms of PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) |
Endometritis, Salpingitis |
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inflamed uterus that can result in hysterectomy |
Endometritis |
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inflamed and scarred fallopian tubes and can result in sterility |
Salpingitis |
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____________ women are sterile because of Salpingitis |
75,000 |
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____ fraction of salpingitis from gonorrhea/clamydia and _____ fraction of salpingitis from e.coli |
2/3, 1/3 |
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3 other forms of neisseria gonorrhea |
anal gonorrhea, pharyngeal gonorrhea, gonococcal arthritis |
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Gets into knee joint and causes arthritis |
gonococcal arthritis |
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Gonorrhea causes ____% of arthritis |
1 |
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Gonococcal arthritis is the most common type of ____________ arthritis |
septic |
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Common age range of septic arthritis |
16-50 y/o |
