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Chapter 12
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| __________ remain a health problem in the US and around the world | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES |
| __________ is characterized by a lesion (chancre) | PRIMARY SYPHILIS |
| __________ a painless circular, purplish ulcer with a small, raised margin with hard edges | CHANCRE |
| What is the hallmark of tertiary syphilis? | GUMMA |
| _________ a soft, painless, noninfectious granular lesion | GUMMA |
| What symptoms are involved with Hutchinson's Triad? | DEAFNESS, IMPAIRED VISION, & NOTCHED SHAPED TEETH |
| ________ is the 2nd most frequently reported notifiable microbial disease in the US | GONORRHEA |
| The organism ____________ has a characteristic double bean shape | GONOCOCCUS |
| What disease is sometimes called "the clap"? | GONORRHEA |
| ___________ is the neck of the womb, consisting of a narrow passage leading to the vagina | CERVIX |
| What is the tube that passes from the bladder to the exterior that carries urine and, in males, semen during ejaculation? | URETHRA |
| ________ is the complete blockage or inflammation of the fallopian tubes | SALPINGITIS |
| ___________ is a condition of the pelvic organs | PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID) |
| ___________ is the development of a fertilized egg outside of the womb, often in a fallopian tube | ECTOPIC PREGNANCY |
| What is the epididymis? | A COILED TUBE ATTACHED TO THE BACK AND UPPER SIDE OF THE TESTICLE THAT STORES SPERM |
| __________ is the development of gonorrhea in the pharynx | GONORRHEA PHARYNGITIS |
| __________ is the infection of the rectum | GONOCOCCAL PROCTITIS |
| __________ is the inflammation of the eyes in infants | GONOCOCCAL OPHTHALMIA |
| __________ is the inflammation and swelling of the cornea | KERATITIS |
| Among the chlamydisease, what are the 3 species that cause human ilness? | CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI, C. PNEUMONIAE, & C. TRACHOMATIS |
| _________ is a general term for a condition in which people without gonorrhea have a demonstrable infection of the urethra usually characterized by inflammation, and often accompanied by a discharge | NON-GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS (NGU) |
| What is the "silent disease"? | C.TRACHOMATIS |
| Why is C.Trachomatis called the silent disease? | BECAUSE THE ORGANISM DOES NOT CAUSE EXTENSIVE TISSUE INJURY DIRECTLY |
| _____________ develops during delivery from an infected mother and develops a disease of the eyes | CHLAMYDIAL OPHTHALMIA |
| _____________ are antibodies that experimentally produce against a single type of cell or substance | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES |
| ____________ is an STD believed to be more prevalent worldwide than gonorrhea or syphilis | CHANCROID |
| ____________ is a narrow zone of redness | ERYTHEMA |
| ____________ a systemic STD caused by a different serotype of C. trachomatis | LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM (LGV) |
| ___________ is a rare STD in Europe and N.America, but it remains an endemic problem in tropical and subtropical areas of the world | GRANULOMA INGUINALE |
| ___________ are masses of bacterial cells within white blood cells in the lesion | DONOVAN BODIES |
| ___________ is a general term for various mild infections of the vagina and sometimes vulva | VAGINITIS |
| ___________ is the most common form of vaginitis | BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS |
| ___________ occurs when healthy vaginal organisms are replaced by harmful ones | BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS |
| ___________ is a disease similar to ureaplasmal urethritis | MYCOPLASMAL URETHRITIS |
| ___________ has been considered a curse of the damned and is commonly called ___________ | LEPROSY, HANSEN DISEASE |
| ___________ is a form of leprosy that develops from the loss of pain sensation due to nerve damage caused by lower numbers of bacili | PAUCIBACILIARY / TUBERCULOID LEPROSY |
| ___________ tumor like growths that form on the skin and in the respiratory tract | LEPROMAS |
| ___________ is the most serious form of leprosy because the immune system fails to react | MULTIBACILIARY / LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY |
| ___________ a sulfur compound that is the principal drug for treatment and cure of leprosy | DAPSONE |
| ___________ is an infection of at the base of a hair follicle | FOLLICULITIS |
| An ___________ is a circumscribed pus filled lesion | ABSCESS |
| A ____________ is a warm, painful abscess below the skin surface | FURUNCLE |
| A ____________ are a group of connected, deeper abscesses | CARBUNCLE |
| __________ is the removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue | DEBRIDEMENT |
| __________ is a widespread and highly contagious staphylococcal skin disease | IMPETIGO |
| What does MRSA stand for? | MULTIDRUG RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUEUS |
| What does VRSA stand for? | VAN-COMYCIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS |
| _________ is the term for a disease characterized by sudden fever and circulatory collapse | TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME |
| _________ is a disease of the eyes and is the world's leading cause of preventable blindness | TRACHOMA |
| _________ is the thin membrane covering the cornea and forming the inner eyelid | CONJUNCTIVA |
| _________ are infections that can occur as a result of the primary infection | SECONDARY INFECTIONS |
| What does SAFE stand for? | SURGERY of the eyelids, ANTIBIOTICS for acute infections, FACIAL hygiene improvements, and ENVIRONMENTAL access to safe water |
| __________ is a disease of the conjunctiva | CONJUNTIVITIS |
| __________ is a life threatening disease accompanied by nausea, vomiting, fever, and hemorrhagic skin lesions | BRAZILIAN PURPURIC FEVER |
| _________ is acquired by nonsexual skin contact, most often among children living under conditions of poor hygiene | YAWS |
| Yaws is sometimes called ____________ due to blood associated with the lesion giving the appearance of a raspberry | FRAMBESIA |
| _________ and __________ are 2 other diseases very similar to Yaws | BEJEL & PINTA |
| What are the 3 disease referred to as TREPONEMASTOSES? | BEJEL, PINTA & YAWS |
| ___________ are diseases where organisms are already in the body (not transferred person-to-person) | ENDOGENOUS DISEASES |
| _________ is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the membrane lining the abdomen | PERITONITIS |
| _________ is a condition induced by old and new strains of Clostridium difficile | PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS |
| The condition ___________ may develop into a skin problem with draining sinuses | LUMPY JAW |
| _________ is caused by species of the aerobic Nocardia | NOCARDIOSIS |
| _________ is a disease common in the pharynx in cats and dogs | PASTEURELLOSIS |
| _________ is transmitted by a scratch, bite or lick from an infected cat | CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE (CSD) |
| _________ a disease often found in individuals with lowered immune system function | BACILIARY ANGIOMATOSIS (BA) |
| _________ is a disease found in the pharynx of wild rats and other rodents feeding on infected rodents | RAT-BITE FEVER |
| Rat-Bite Fever is often referred to as _________ | SODOKU |
| ________ is a biofilm, a deposit of dense gelatinous material consisting of salivary proteins, food debris and bacterial cells and their products | PLAQUE |
| __________ is the result of an inflammation of he periodontal tissues | PERIODONTAL DISEASE (PD) |
| _________ is characterized by ulcers appearing first along the gingival margin accompanied by severe pain and spontaneous bleeding | PD |
| Periodontal disease is sometimes called ____________ because the rods have a long, thin fusiform shape and are mixed with spirochetes | FUSOSPIROCHETAL DISEASE |
| __________ is a spindle shape with pointed rods | FUSIFORM |
| __________ represents the 2nd most frequent cause of ambulatory visits to the doctor's office | URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI) |
| __________ is a disease that develops in the urethra | URETHRITIS |
| __________ is an infection of the kidneys | PYELONEPHRITIS |
| __________ is the presence of bacteria or toxins in the blood or tissues | SEPSIS |
| __________ is a bladder infection | CYSTITIS |
| __________ organisms do not cause disease in healthy individuals, but are dangerous in compromised persons | OPPORTUNISTIC |
| __________ are acquired during hospitalization or while in chronic care facilities | NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS OR HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS (HAIs) |
| What are the 3 factors present that develops Dental caries? | PLAQUE BUILDING, DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES, ACIDOGENIC BACTERIA |
| What is the disease also known as tooth decay? | DENTAL CARIES |
| __________ are microbes resistant to a wide variety of antibiotics | SUPERBUGS |
| ____________ by which infectious diseases can be easily transported from one patient to another | CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION |
| __________ is a specialist that deals with nosocomial diseases whose primary responsibility is to locate problem areas | NURSE EPIDEMIOLOGIST |
| __________ monitor equipment and procedures to interrupt the disease cycle | INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER |
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