Why does Neisseria gonorrhoea adhere only to mucosal epithelial cells in the genitourinary tract, eye, rectum, and throat

How is Bordetella pertussis spread?

What is syphilis and how many stages does it have?

Ch. 8: Cystoceles: a) may increase one's risk for bladder infection b) are a type of vaginal wall prolapse c) can lead to urinary urgency or retention d) can arise due to excessive straining e) all of the above are true

How does Neisseria gonorrhoeae affect the body?

List several differences between lepromatous and tuberculoidleprosy.

1.A 6 year old child comes in with crusted pustules localized around her mouth.  When the doctor finds out the causative agent is Staphylococcus aureus , he prescribes pencillin and rest.  The doctor assures the patient's mother to not worry, as this condition is one of the most common child infections.  What does the child have?  2.A 36 year old male presents with fever, malaise, and myalgia.  After determining the causative agent is a virus, you prescribe bed rest and fluid replacement, as this condition usually resolves itself within a week.  The patient claims to have received a vaccine for this condition a few years ago, but you explain to him that a new vaccine is needed every year due to the virus's ability to undergo antigenic drift.  What is the patient suffering from?

Explain what is meant by the terms necrotizing and fasciitis. Doesthe disease really eat flesh?

What is the disease called that is being described here in 1649? The patient was a boy who passed black urine and who, at the age of fourteen years, was submitted to a drastic course of treatment which had for its aim the subduing of the fiery heat of his viscera, which was supposed to bring about the condition in question by charring and blackening his bile. Among the measures prescribed were bleed- ings, purgation, baths, a cold and watery diet and drugs galore. None of these had any obvious effect, and eventually the patient, who tired of the futile and superfluous therapy, resolved to let things take their natural course. None of the predicted evils ensued, he married, begat a large family, and lived a long and healthy life, always passing urine black as ink. Tay-Sachs disease maple sugar urine disease alkaptonuria O bileremia

Explain the factors that cause variations in the microbiota of thenewborn intestine and the vaginal tract.