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BACT: N Gonorrhea
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is special about Gonorrhea's fastidious state | moreso than others |
| temp preference | 35-37 |
| Catalase status | positive |
| Oxidase status | positive |
| capsule status | neg |
| Virulence factors | Pili, Opa, LOS, Peptidoglycan (bad for falopian ciliated cells) |
| Diseases | Acute urethritis, cervicitis, gonorrhea, PID, Disseminated gonorrhea, Opthalmia Neonatorium |
| Treat ophtamia Neonatorium? | silver nitrate or erythromycin |
| great gonorrhea? | Ceftriaxone and doxycycline |
| why do you have recurrent disease with gonorrhea | antigenic variation |
| what prevents dissemination | opa protein |
| what is antigenically variable about gonorrhea | pili |
| another name for opa protein | Protein II |
| what happens when men don't treat urithritis caused by gonorrhea | epididymitis, prostatitis, or urethral strictures |
| is gonorrhea more likely to be assymptomatic in men or women? | women |
| how would gonorrhea present in women | red friable with pain during intercourse and lower abdominal pain |
| infection of the cervix can lead to? | PID or endometriosis |
| when does endometriosis usually happen | during the mentral cycle |
| what increases the risk of infection with gonorrha (PID) | IUD |
| what are some complications of PID | Sterility, ectopic pregnancy, peritonitis, absess, and perihepatic disease |
| what is another name for perihepatis | Fitz Hugh Curtis Syndrome |
| what is perihapatitis | coinfection of the liver capsule |
| what do you also treat for when you see gonorrhea | chlamydia almost half have both |
| why does n. gon have such a high incidence | short incubation, high transmission, asymptomatic carriers |
| how many get Desseminated infection | only 3% |
| the symptoms of both N. men and N gon are caused by? | blebbing of LOS which leads to an intense immune reaction |