Pathogen: Bacteria Chlamydia vacuole

Chlamydia – Sterility - infected ovaries and fallopian tubes Normal Abnormal

Chlamydia - Pink Eye

Treatment: Antibiotics

Pathogen: Protist – (aquatic organism)

Treatment: Oral medication (pills) - NOT antibiotics.

Pathogen: Bacteria

Gonorrhea: Blindness in newborns and adults

Treatment: Antibiotics in the early stages.

Pathogen: Bacteria

Syphilis: Chancre on/in mouth

Syphilis: Rash on hands

Syphilis: rash on hands & feet

Syphilis: rash on feet

Blindness in newborns and adults

Syphilis: Arthritis & crippling

Syphilis: Bone damage

Treatment: Antibiotics in the early stages.

Pathogen: Virus

Herpes Simplex I: coldsores

Herpes Simplex I: (cold sores)

Herpes Simplex I (cold sores)

Herpes Simplex II: painful blisters

Neonatal Herpes:

Herpes: health care worker

Treatment: No cure ~Special drugs & creams to lesson symptoms and frequency of outbreaks.

Pathogen: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

Pathogen: Virus (HIV)

HIV erupting from T-cell

AIDS: infected T- 4 Helper cells (white blood cells)

AIDS: Thrush (fungal infection)

AIDS: Thrush

AIDS: Kaposis’s Sarcoma (rare skin cancer) Patch Stage Nodular Stage

AIDS: Kaposis’ Sarcoma (Patch Stage)

AIDS: Kaposis’s Sarcoma Patch Stage

Kaposis’s Sarcoma Plaque Stage

Kaposis’s Sarcoma

K.S.: nodular lesions (lip & tongue)

AIDS: Lymphoma

Pneumocystis Carinii - rare pneumonia

HIV patients (1/3 die of TB) Thailand 2 million women with HIV in 2001, worldwide

AIDS: Weight Loss

Alopecia - hair loss

HIV positive mother AIDS Orphans: Brazil

AIDS Orphans Ethiopia South Africa

AIDS Iceberg Window Period – (0 – 3 months) A person may have the virus and show no antibodies.

Treatment: No cure Drugs that slow replication: AZT Ribavirin Protease Inhibitors (Cocktail) ZDB (for newborns)

Pathogen: 6-legged louse

Types:

Infestations: Crab louse

“Crabs”

Infestations – blood specks from intense itching and scratching

Scabies mite

Scabies on a child

Scabies - laying eggs

Scabies Life Cycle - 2 1/2 weeks

Testing for Scabies

Treatment: Special shampoos and lotions (Kwell & Rid)