Microbial Diseases of the Urinary & Reproductive Systems

Learning can be a bridge between doing and thinking. But there is a danger that the person who uses learning as a bridge between doing and thinking may get stuck in learning and never get into thinking Laura Riding Jackson

Who am I? Although I coined the term complement I am most famous for developing the concept that the body will do everything possible to avoid and auto immune response. I shared the Nobel Prize in 1908 with Elie Metchnifkoff.

OUTLINE/SUMMARY

Diseases of the Urinary System

Bacterial

• Cystitits
• Pyelonephritis

Leptospirosis

Diseases of the Reproductive System

Viral

• Genital Herpes (herpes simplex)
• Genital Warts
• AIDS

Fungal

• Candidiasis

Bacterial

• Gonorrhea
• NGU Non gonococcal urethritis
• Chlaymida
• Ureaplasma
• Mycoplasms
• Syphilis
• Lymphogranuloma venereum
• Chancroid Garnerella Vaginosis

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Identify the portals of entry for microbes into the reproductive system.

List the antimicrobial features of the urinary system

Describe the modes of transmission for urinary and reproductive system infections

Construct a table that shows the microbial diseases of the urinary and Reproductive systems and the pathogen that causes them. Include Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, and Protozoan diseases.

List the genital infections that cause congenital and neonatal infections.

How can transmissionof a gential infection to a fetus or a newborn be prevented?

Name one fungus, virus, protozoan and bacterium that can cause genitial system infections. In each case, what symptoms would lead you to suspect these infections?