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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 describe chlamlydia trachomatis | nomotile coccoid gram negative |
| how does chlamydia survive? | obligate intracellular bacteria (needs a host) |
| what does chlamydia lead to? | PID infertility |
| what is the treatment for chlamydia trachomatis? | tetracycline erythromycin |
| how would you diagnose chlamydia? | serology |
| describe neisseria gonorrhea | gram negative cocci diplococcus |
| what does gonnorrhea infect? | mucous membranes of genitourinary tract eye rectrum throat |
| describe symptoms of of gonorrhea in males? | urethral discharge of creamy pus and painful urination |
| gonorrhea in females? | mild vaginal discharge PID |
| what is diagnosis of gonorrhea? | culture of selective media |
| what is treatment of gonorrhea? | cephalosporins |
| what is syphilis's bacterium? | Treponema pallidum |
| describe treponema pallidum | gram neg spirochete |
| what are sympt. of syphilis | chancre of entrance into body rash dementia, paralysis, etc |
| how is syphilis diagnosed? | chancre slide with dark fireld microscopy serology for antibodies |
| how is syphilis treated? | penicillin |
| describe human pallomavirus | double stranded DNA genome icosahedral capsid |
| what are symptoms of hpv? | genital warts cauliflower like growths on genitalia, cervix, or rectrum |
| what is unique about hpv? | the virus is ubitquitous |
| what is treatment for hpv? | destruction of warts by cryosurgery |
| how do you prevent hpv? | vaccine limiting sex partners |
| what causes genital herpes? | sexual contact transmission |
| describe herpes simplex 2 | double stranded dna genome icosahedral capside hides in nerve cells in sacral spinal plexus |
| where does herpes hide? | in nerve cells in sacral spinal plexus |
| what are symptoms of genital herpes? | fever burning/blisters |
| how is herpes diagnosed? | genital swabs show virus DNA outward lesions |
| what is the treatment? | incurable relieves outbreaks |
| how do you relieve outbreaks for herpes? | acyclovir valaciclovir famciclovir |
| wha family is HIV from? | retroviridae |
| how does HIV integrate? | reverse transcriptase enzymes |
| describe HIV | RNA genome enveloped icosahedral structure |
| how is HIV transmitted? | blood direct exposure of body fluids sexual contact |
| why is there no vaccine for HIV? | hiv keeps changing its antigenic properties |
| how do you prevent and control HIV in a population? | screen blood educate sexual active peeps abstienence and completely monogamous relationships |
| what is AIDs symptoms? | fever headache lymph node enlargment HIV 1 antibodies in blood |
| what are the four types of pathologtical changes occuring for HIV? | 1. AIDS related complex 2. AIDS 3 Central Nervous system 4. cancer |
| how does CNS affected by HIV? | virus infects across blood-brain barrier |
| what cancers are caused by HIV? | Kaposis's sarcoma Carcinoma of mouth and rectrum B-cell lymphoma |
| how is AIDS established by HIV? | virus is in T-helper cells and accumulates in lymphoid tissue T-helper population decline creating weak immune system |
| how do you decrease viral loads for HIV? | antivirals reverse transcriptase inhibitor protease inhibitor cocktails |
| what is an exampel of reverse transcriptase inhibitor | AZT |
| what is an example of protease inhibitor? | nelfinavir |
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