Table 34.1 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Infective Agent Disease Mode(s) of Transmission Symptoms Diagnosis and Treatment Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis HPV Herpes (HSV-1 and HSV-2) HIV/AIDS Trichomonas Pubic Lice

The route of infection of sexually transmitted diseases is ___.     mechanical vector     direct contact     aerosol     natural vector

A young man presents to his primary care physician with genital lesions and is told that he has herpes. He refuses to believe this diagnosis because he is in a long-standing relationship with a woman who clearly has never shown signs of vaginal herpes lesions. Construct an informative response to this patient based upon the information in this chapter.b. Thinking about part (a) of this question, explain why the number of people in the United States who have genital herpes may be a lot higher than official statistics depict

Write the most likely causative microorganism and disease of the following cases and explain sign, symptoms and control measures. A 25-year-old woman with itching, burning at vulva and abnormal white vaginal discharge. Yeasts was observed by microscopic examination of vaginal secretions.

The following are the stages in the development of cystic acne. Place them in order and indicate which one would happen fourth (fourth among the steps listed here, not necessarily a step that was numbered "4" in a textbook or slide figure) Scar tissue forms Sebum channels become blocked Pustules form and damage the dermis Neutrophils attracted, secrete enzymes damaging follicle wall Propionibacterium acnes grows on sebum, forms free fatty acids that cause inflammation 00000

Mrs. Jones is a 70-year-old woman you are admitting to the skilled nursing facility after a total hip replacement. When you obtain her past medical history, she reports a problem with a chronic rash under her breasts and in her supragluteal fold. She has tried a number of topical antifungal treatments without success. She has never seen a dermatologist. While she finds the rash a nuisance and experiences an occasional increase in itchiness, it is something she can live with. Her primary care provider diagnosed the rash as Candida and encouraged her to keep the area clean and dry and to use antifungals. Recently, her 42-year-old daughter was diagnosed with psoriasis and asked about a family history of the disease. Mrs. Jones was unaware of anyone in her or her husband’s family with that diagnosis. On physical examination, you note a shiny, erythematous lesion with symmetrical distribution under both breasts. It is well demarcated without drainage and without the presence of any…

Regular herpesvirus-mediated cold sores or genital sore flare-ups are caused by reinfection by the same herpesvirus strain reinfection by a closely related herpesvirus of a different strain copies of the herpesvirus genome permanently maintained in host cell cytoplasm copies of the herpesvirus genome permanently maintained in host nuclei

43 Host Defenses Chronic genital tract infections with Chlamydia or Neisseria gonorrhoeae may increase a woman's risk for all of the following EXCEPT ectopic pregnancy increase risk for conceiving triplets O Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/PID infertility

In addition to the genitals, what other areas of the body can be affected by gonorrhea? How does transmission occur for each area?

"About 10-15 percent of men and 80 percent of women may have no symptoms of gonorrhea". What may cause the difference in the percentage of asymptomatic men and women with gonorrhea?