BIOS 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Coenzyme Q10, Phosphate, Atp Synthase
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Gonorrhea: sti caused by g- diplococcus. Neisseria gonorrhoeae: single exposure=men 20-35% chance to get it. Incubation period of a few days: single expose=women 60=90% chance to get it. Very few women are aware of infection: complication. Arthritis: ophthalmia neonatorum passing of gonorrhea from mother to baby in child birth. Eyes of newborns treated with silver nitrate. If treatment is delayed, ulceration of cornea results. Iodine has proven effective for low income countries: pharyngeal gonorrhea. Symptoms resemble sore throat: anal gonorrhea. Itching: opa protein makes it resistant to treatment, diagnosis of gonorrhea. Finding gonococci in stained smear of pus form urethra. Must be cultivated outside of body, which is hard to do: treatment of gonorrhea. Cephalosporins (traixone and cefixime) recommended for cervical, urethral, rectal, and pharyngeal cases. Treat sex partners to decrease risk of reinfection. Cellular respiration: cellular respiration atp generating process in which molecules are oxidized and the final electron acceptor is an inorganic molecule.
