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Microbio Lecture 18

Bacterial diseases of urinary and reproductive systems

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UTI symptoms slight fever, painful urination, smelly pee
E. coli causative agent for UTI
virulence factors of e. coli fimbriae and flagella - UTI
risk factors 1) dehydration 2) catheter 3) diabetes 4) diaphragm birth control 5) prostate enlargement
how to diagnose UTI urinalysis
buboes symptom of chancroid inflammation of lymph nodes due to multiplication of bacteria
chancre primary syphilis and chancroid
painless ulcer with raised margins and hard edges chancre in primary stage of syphilis
what diseases are obligate parasites? chancrod and chlamydia
chlamydia is a type of... nongonoccoccal urethritis
causative agent of chlamydia chlamydia trachomatis, gram - cocci
causative agent of chancroid haemophilus ducreyi, gram - pleomorphic
this disease produces toxin as pathogenicity chancroid
pathogenicity: entry through abrasions/lacertaions and infects cells of mucous membranes chlamydia
difference between chlamydia and gonorrhea incubation period: 1-3 weeks v. 2-6 days
how to treat chlamydia tetracycline, erythromycin for pregnant women
inclusion bodies elementary bodies --> reticulate bodies
how to diagnose chlamydia? PCR
treat this with silver nitrate gonococcal opthalmia (infection of conjunctiva)
symptoms for women with chlamydia vaginal discharge, painful urination, inflammation of cervix, salpingitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, infertility
men's symptoms for gonorrhea painful urination, discharge, testicular pain, infection of epididymis leads to sterility, orchitis
swelling of testis orchitis
gonorrhea from oral sex gonococcal pharyngitis
gonorrhea from anal sex gonococcal proctitis
agent of syphilis treponema pallidum
incubation period of syphilis ~3 weeks
person to person transmission syphilis
most fragile organism neisseria gonorrheae
what is treponema pallidum gram - spirochete, enters through mucous membranes, abrasions, hair follicles
patchy hair loss and jaundice secondary syphilis
tertiary syphilis symptoms gumma, degeneration of nervous tissues, skin, bone --> insanity, blindness, death
gumma soft, gummy granular lesions that will burst blood vessels
diagnosis for congenital syphilis hutchinson's triad: deafness, impaired vision, notched peg-shaped teeth
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