COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF THE GENITOURIARY SYSTEM/ SEXUALLY

TRANSMITTED DISEASES
DISEASE OTHER CAUSATIVE PATHOGNOMONIC
NAME AGENT SIGN
A. BACTERIAL

 Gonorrhea Clap Neisseria Thick purulent

gonorrhoeae discharge on the penis or
Flores
vagina
Blancas
Gleet
 Syphillis Leus Treponema pallidum Painless chancre/
ulceration
Venereal
Morbus
Gallicus
Sy
Bad Blood
Disease
 Chlamydia Chlamydia Chlamydia Watery or milky
trachomatis discharge
Infection
(bacteria that
behaves like virus)
B. VIRAL

 Acquired HIV Human Immuno- Enlargement of Lymph

Immune infection Deficiency Virus: nodes without a cause
Deficiency - Retrovirus
Syndrome - Very
(AIDS) Fragile
 HIV HIV Disease Virus

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND ITS

ACCESSORY ORGANS
DISEASE OTHER CAUSATIVE PATHOGNOMONIC
NAME AGENT SIGN
HEPATITIS:

 A Infectious Hepatitis A virus Yellowish discoloration of

Hepatitis (RNA- containing the sclera and skin,
 Virus) indicative of Jaundice
Catarrhal
Jaundice
Hepatitis
 B Serum Hepatitis B virus Same with hepa A (on late
Hepatitis (DNA- containing phase when the liver is
virus) severely damaged)
Homlogous
Hepatitis

Viral
Hepatitis
 C Post- Hepatitis C virus Yellowish discoloration of
transfusion the sclera and skin,
Hepatitis indicative of Jaundice

NON A / NON
B
HEPATITIS
 D Dormant Hepatitis D virus yellowing of the skin and
Type of Delta virus eyes and joint pain
Hepatitis B
 E Enteric Hepatitis E virus dark urine and pale stools
Hepatitis
 G Human PeGi Hepatitis G virus Hepatomegaly
Virus