Term
| the most significant human pathogen of this genus are |
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Definition
Neisseria meningitidis
neisseria gonorrhoeae |
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Term
| bacterial infection of the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord (the meninges) is |
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Definition
meningitis
(meningococcal disease cuased by N. meningitidis) |
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Term
| bacterial infection of the blood and other body organs is a form of |
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Definition
| septicemia called meningococcemia |
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Term
| how is meningococcal disease spread? |
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Definition
| person-to-person close contact |
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Term
| who is most at risk for getting meningococcal disease? |
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Definition
travelers to endemic areas
millitary recruits
college students
children 6mth-1yo
adolescents 12-24 yo |
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Term
| n. meningitidis colonize the |
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Definition
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Term
| syptom of n. meningitidis |
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Definition
asympomic mostly
mild sore throat |
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Term
| when n. meningitidis crosses the mucosal barrier and enter the blood stream, |
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Definition
| it causes mild or serious disease such as meningococcemia and/or meningococcal meningitis |
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Term
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Definition
presence of n. meningitidis in blood stream
aggressive systemic inflammatory response |
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Term
| symptoms of acute meningococcemia |
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Definition
fever, malaise
petechiae or purpura (hemorrages) |
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Term
| fluminant meningococcemia is |
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Definition
severe systemic infection characterized by a rapid circulatory collapse
occurs in 5%-15% pt w/ acute meningococcemia
high mortality |
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Term
| symptoms of meningococcal meningitis |
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Definition
severe headache
high fever
malaise
chills
vomtting
light sensitivity
altered mental status
convulsions/coma
petechiae or purpura may/may not present |
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Term
| treatment of meningococcal disease |
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Definition
| prompt antibiotic therapy is vital |
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Term
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Definition
serogroup a c y W135
but no B (50% of the cases)
effective vaccine dne for B |
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Term
| neisseria gonococcus characteristics |
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Definition
obligate human pathogen
STD
localized/systemic infection |
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Term
| symptoms of n. gonococcal disease |
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Definition
| asymptomic, left untreated very often |
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Term
| gonococcus disease is not protective. what is this mean |
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Definition
it't not like chicken pox.
it could reoccur |
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Term
gonococcal disease in men:
it is usually asymptomic but when it does show, |
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Definition
acute urethritis usually develops
painful urination, localized inflammation |
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Term
| primary site of infection in women for gonococcal disease is |
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Definition
cervix
symptom is often mild and non-specific
or pelvic inflammatory disease |
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Term
| gonococcus enter the bloodstream (gonococcal bacteremia) and can infect the joints |
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Definition
Disseminated gonococcal infection
DGI |
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Term
laboratory characterization of GC
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Definition
gram stain, culture (thayer-martin)
NAAT |
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Term
| treatment of GD infections |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| major problem of gonococcal disease |
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Definition
| asymptomic males and females as unrecognized carriers |
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