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STDs and sex stuff
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Biology
Graduate
03/17/2013

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Term
AZT
Definition
NRTI, early HIV drug that is used in HAART therapies, inhibits reverse transcriptase function
Term
efavirenz
Definition
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), used in combination HAART therapy
Term
ritonavir
Definition
protease inhibitor, used in combination for HAART therapy, allows for greater effectiveness of other protease inhibitors
Term
raltegravir
Definition
integrase inhibitor, HAART therapy
Term
tenofovir
Definition
NRTI used in HAART
Term
emtricitabine
Definition
NRTI, HAART
Term
enfuvirtide
Definition
viral fusion inhibitor, bings GP41; very expensive and inconvenient so use as last resort
Term
which period of sex has greater brain differences between men and women, arousal or orgasm?
Definition
arousal
Term
what chemical drives sexual response in women?
Definition
testosterone
Term
drug use to treat priapism
Definition
phenylephrine
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phenylephrine
Definition
drug used to treat low flow priapism
Term
what is the difference in sex hormones between kleinfelters syndrome and Kallman's syndrome?
Definition

Kleinfelters: hypergonadotropin hypogonadism

Kallman's: hypogonadotropin hypogonadism

Term
what class of drugs commonly causes erectile dysfunction? What is one drug of this class?
Definition
anti-depressants (SSRIs): prozac
Term
what is a common adverse effect of prozac that could make patients stop taking it?
Definition
ED
Term
25 yo woman presents with 2day hx of dysuria, hematuria, increased urgency and frequency of urination.  denies fever and chils or night sweats.  What is likely dx and what is a good treatment?
Definition
UTI, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
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most common UTI pathogen
Definition
e. coli
Term
staph aureus found in the urine is usually indicative of what infective process?
Definition
usually from hematogenous source rather than strict uropathogen
Term
uropathogen seen in diabetics
Definition
group B strep (strep agalactiae)
Term
bacteria virulence factor involved in adhesion via glycosphinolipid interaction with bladder wall
Definition
fimbriae
Term
bacterium virulence factor involved in motility
Definition
flagellum
Term
bacteria virulence factor involved in sequestering iron
Definition
siderophore
Term
2 bact virulence factors that cause damage to host bladder
Definition

cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1

hemolysin

Term
how does lipopolysaccharide function as a virulence factor?
Definition
anti-phagocytic
Term
function of Tamm-horstfall protein
Definition
prevents bacterial adherance
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function of sIgA in UT
Definition
prevents bacterial adherance
Term
does tampon usage increase likelihood of UTI?
Definition
no
Term
what is the max time for a catheter to be in before there is a risk for infection?
Definition
3 days
Term
dysuria with increased frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain, hematuria, no fever
Definition
cystitis
Term
what are 3 tests you can do for pyuria?
Definition

WBC: greater than 5 wbcs/high power field

leukocyte esterase positive

nitrite positive 

Term
what kind of urine test should urine cultures be performed on?
Definition
clean catch
Term
if a woman with UTI symptoms is cultured sterile, what other considerations should you have?
Definition

mycoplasma or ureaplasma urealyticum

vaginitis

Term
what distinguishes cystitis from pyelonephritis?
Definition
fever, chills, flank pain
Term
what is the only oral antibiotic approved for treatment of pyelonephritis?
Definition
fluoroquinolones
Term
woman has UTI and is treated, but symptoms return in less than 2 weeks; is this relapse or reinfection?
Definition
relapse
Term
woman has UTI and is treated, but symptoms return more than 2 weeks later and the same organism is cultured.  Is this reinfection or relapse?
Definition
reinfection
Term
what is a natural prevention for UTIs?
Definition
cranberries
Term
44 yo male sexually active has acute pelvic pain non radiating, nausea, fever, chills, dysuria and frequency, elevated WBCs.  DRE screems in pain when prostate palpated
Definition
prostatitis
Term
sexually active men presenting with prostatitis should be evaluated for what pathogens?
Definition
chlamydia, N. gonorrhea
Term
most common pathogen in chronic prostatits; what are some others?
Definition

e. coli

others: pseudomonas aerunginosa, proteus, Klebsiella, enterococcus

Term
good medication for chronic prostatitis
Definition
fluoroquinolones
Term
adrenarche
Definition
activation of the adrenal cortex for production of adrenal androgens
Term
gonadarche
Definition
activation of the gonads by FSH and LH
Term
pubarche
Definition
appearance of pubic hair
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thelarche
Definition
appearance of breasts
Term
spermarche
Definition
age at first sperm ejaculation
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what drives pubertal development
Definition
increase of amplitude and frequency of GnRH pulsations
Term
first pubertal development seen in girls
Definition
breats
Term
device used to measur testiclular enlargement
Definition
prader orchidometer
Term
what is the age that marks delayed or absent puberty in males?
Definition
14
Term
what age marks delayed or absent puberty in females?
Definition
13
Term
precocious puberty that involves the premature activation of the HPG axis and is gonadotropin dependent
Definition
complete PP (or central)
Term
precocious puberty that results from exogenous androgens or autonomous sex steroid secretion
Definition
incomplete pp
Term
age that marks precocious pub in boys
Definition
9
Term
age that marks precocious puberty in girls
Definition
7/6
Term
how is pseudoprecocious puberty caused?
Definition
hypothyroidism: elevated TSH feeds back to hypothalamus and can induce GnRH secretions. puberty but short stature
Term
cafe au lait spots, fibrous dysplasia in long bones and precocious puberty are typical signs for what disease?
Definition
McCune Albright syndrome
Term
gynacomastia in adolescent males is considered normal if under how many years?
Definition
2 yrs
Term
infectious agent of syphilis
Definition
treponema pallidum
Term
infectious agent of chancroid
Definition
haemophilus ducreyi
Term
which chlamydia serovars are agents of lymphogranuloma venereum?
Definition
L1-3
Term
what is the organism and serovars that is the most common cause of bacerial std in US?
Definition
chlamydia trechomati D-K
Term
what are the two main types in the life cycel of chlamydia trechomatis? which is infectious?
Definition
elementary bodies (infectious, extracellular) and reticlate bodies
Term
which has more acute symptoms chlamydia or gonorrhea?
Definition
gon
Term
gram - diplococci isolated from GU
Definition
n gonorrhea
Term
what king of agar do you use to culture gonorrhea?
Definition
chocolate agar
Term
n gon is oxidase + or-?
Definition
+
Term
which is more common in gonorrheal spread, male to female or vice versa?
Definition
male to female
Term
how does n gonorrhea adhere to GU tract?
Definition
pili
Term
how does gonorrhea avoid immune system?
Definition

antigenic variation

molcular mimicry of RBCs sialic acid (lipooligosaccharide)

Term
how does gonorrhea damage host tissue?
Definition

lipid a and peptidoglycan 

Lipooligosaccharides trigger TNFa release

Term
what is the down side of gram staining for n gon?
Definition
in women, you can get other gram neg cocci in normal flora
Term
microscopy to ID treponema pallidum
Definition
does not gram stain, dark field microscopy or silver stain
Term
common STD that is spirochete and doesn't stain with gram stain
Definition
treponema pallidum
Term
for treponema, what are the first tests you should do? what is next?
Definition
do treponema specific first (these stay the same thru out treatment) and then do non-treponemal to measure progress
Term
treatment for treponema
Definition
penicillin
Term
gram negative cocco bacillus that is fastidious and is the agent of chancroid or soft painful ulcers
Definition
hemophilus ducreyi
Term
organism lacks cell wall, is agent of non-gonococcal urethritis and vaginitis; has a high colonization rate among sexually active males and females
Definition
ureaplasma urealyticum
Term
this organism induces itching and burning pain of vulva and vagina accompanied by white thick and curd-like discharge. gram stain shows pseudo hyphae and budding yeast
Definition
candida albicans
Term
most common protozoal UG tract infection of humans
Definition
trichomonas vaginalis
Term
immediate early genes in viral replication
Definition
up regulate other viral genes, down regulate selves
Term
early genes in viral replication
Definition
replicate viral genome and regulate themselves
Term
late genes in viral replication
Definition
encode structural proteins which function 1st in infection
Term
hpv gene that interferes with p53
Definition
E6
Term
hpv gene that interferes with RB protein
Definition
E7
Term
what HPV gene regulates E6 and E7?
Definition
E2
Term
how does HPV cause cancer?
Definition
it integrates into host genome in a way that disrupts E2, so E6 and E7 are unregulated
Term
treatment for HPV 16, 18, 6, 11
Definition
gardasil
Term
treatment for HPV 16 and 18
Definition
cervarix
Term
treatment for HSV
Definition
acyclovir
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