Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 7) ppt
Chapter 093. Gynecologic Malignancies (Part 7) ppt
... smear. Worldwide, cervical cancer is the third commonest
cancer diagnosed, and it remains the major gynecologic cancer in underdeveloped
countries. It is more common in lower socioeconomic groups,
Chapter 136. Meningococcal Infections (Part 1) ppt
... epidemics of serogroup W-135 meningococcal
disease occurred in association with the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj)
and in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa.
meningococcal strains ... all, 300,000–
500,000 cases of meningococcal disease occur worldwide each year—numbers
that frequently are increased by large epidemics. The annual incidence of
meningococcal disease i...
Chapter 136. Meningococcal Infections (Part 5) ppt
... acquiring
meningococcal disease in childhood. Alleles that decrease MBL synthesis have
been associated with increased risk in the few studies reported to date.
Chapter 136. Meningococcal Infections ... meningococcal disease. This conclusion is
supported by the overrepresentation of ABO blood group nonsecretors among
patients with meningococcal disease and by the striking vari...
Chapter 136. Meningococcal Infections (Part 7) ppsx
... immunity (decreased transmission and colonization).
Chapter 136. Meningococcal Infections
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Complications
Patients with meningococcal meningitis may develop cranial nerve palsies, ... clinical clues help the physician distinguish the patient with early
meningococcal disease from patients with other acute systemic infections. The
most useful clinical finding is...
Chapter 136. Meningococcal Infections (Part 8) ppt
... in family members of patients found to have a complement
deficiency.
Chapter 136. Meningococcal Infections
(Part 8)
Patients with fulminant meningococcemia often experience diffuse leakage ... disease in the population vaccinated. If conjugate
meningococcal vaccines prove to be capable of providing durable antibody or
memory responses (particularly in infants and young...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 1) pot
... Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
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Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
Definition
Gonorrhea is a sexually ... variants. In a
fallopian tube explant model, pili mediate gonococcal attachment to nonciliated
columnar epithelial cells. This event initiates gonococcal phagocytosis and
transport through these ... and...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 2) ppsx
... as well as CD8+ T lymphocytes is seen in individuals
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
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Opacity-Associated Protein
Another gonococcal surface protein that is important in adherence ... against neisserial
infections is best illustrated by the predisposition of persons deficient in terminal
complement components (C5 through C9) to recurrent bacteremic gonococcal...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 3) ppt
... and seminal vesiculitis. Balanitis may
develop in uncircumcised men.
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
(Part 3)
Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents
It is no surprise that N. ... and diplococci (Fig. 137-1). The clinical manifestations of gonococcal
urethritis are usually more severe and overt than those of nongonococcal urethritis,
including urethritis cau...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 4) pps
... Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
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Gonococcal Infections in Females
Gonococcal Cervicitis
Mucopurulent cervicitis is the most ... cities since
the 1990s. Gonococcal isolates from the rectum of MSM tend to be more resistant
to antimicrobial agents than are gonococcal isolates from other sites. Gonococcal
isolates with ... plated directly onto gonococca...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 5) doc
...
tetracycline) prevents ophthalmia neonatorum but is not effective for its treatment,
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
(Part 5)
Ocular Gonorrhea in Adults
Ocular gonorrhea in an adult usually results ... possibility of
sexual abuse. Gonococcal vulvovaginitis is the most common manifestation of
gonococcal infection in children beyond infancy. Anorectal and pharyngeal...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 6) pptx
... joints are
occasionally involved. Most patients who develop gonococcal septic arthritis do so
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
(Part 6)
The clinical manifestations of DGI have sometimes ... et al:
Disseminated gonococcal infection. Ann Intern Med 74:979, 1971.)
Figure 137-3
Distributions of joints with arthritis
in 102 patients with disseminated
gono...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 7) ppt
... cervical swab samples are assessed by culture and other non-
NAATs.
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
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Gonococcal Infections in HIV-Infected Persons
The association between gonorrhea ... (PCR) more commonly
in ejaculates from HIV-positive men with gonococcal urethritis than in those from
HIV-positive men with nongonococcal urethritis. PCR positivity diminis...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 8) doc
... infection is not ruled out:
Azithromycin (1 g PO, single
dose)
or
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
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Gonococcal Infections: Treatment
Treatment failure can lead to continued transmission ... single-dose
regimens have been developed for uncomplicated gonococcal infections. The
updated 2006 treatment guidelines for gonococcal infections from the Centers...
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections (Part 9) pps
... simulates in vivo effects. J Infect
Dis 179:124, 1999 [PMID: 9841831]
Chapter 137. Gonococcal Infections
(Part 9)
Single-dose regimens of the third-generation cephalosporins ceftriaxone ... recurrent
or persistent gonorrhea or chlamydial infections. N Engl J Med 352:676, 2005
[PMID: 15716561]
Hook EW III, Holmes KK: Gonococcal infections. Ann Intern Med
102:229, 19...
Chapter 128. Pneumococcal Infections (Part 2) pptx
...
circulation; in the absence of antibody, however, only the slow passage of blood
Chapter 128. Pneumococcal Infections
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Nonimmunologic Mechanisms
Nonimmunologic mechanisms that protect against ... pneumococcal infection is greatly increased in persons
with conditions that compromise IgG synthesis and/or the phagocytic function of
PMNs and macrophages. Most patien...