Lecture 9 Flashcards
STDS, AIDS, HIV (40 cards)
Pharmacist Role in Prevention/Control of STDs
- Resource for STD prevention
- Advise and inform on STDs & HIV/AIDS education
- Refer clients to health clinics for diagnosis and treatment
- Counseling clients on appropriate treatment regimens
- Encourage condom use and communication between partners
Genital Ulcer Disease
- “Sores”
- Painless - syphilis
- Painful - genital herpes (HSV 1 & 2)
Vaginal + Urethral Discharge Disease
- “Drips”
- Cervicitis and urethritis
- Gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis
HPV
1 cause of cervical cancer. Can also cause genital warts
Syphilis Organism
- Treponema pallidum (T pal)
- Anaerobic spirochete
- Enters skin through abrasions or mucous membranes
Syphilis Tranmission
- Person to person contact with chancre
- Occurs during vaginal, anal, or oral sex
- Pregnant woman can transmit to fetus, IN UTREO
- 4 Stages: Primary, Secondary, Latent, and Tertiary
Primary Stage of Syphilis
- Incubates 10-90 days (average 21 days)
- Clinical manifestation - appearance of chancre marks
Chancre
- HIGHLY infectious
- Clean cased, painless, indurated ulcerative lesion with smooth firm borders at portal of entry
- Unnoticed in 15-30% of patients (especially women)
- Resolves itself in 3-6 weeks
Secondary Stage of Syphilis
-Develops 4-10 weeks after chancre resolution
Clinical Manifestations
- Mucous membrane lesions in mouth, vagina, and anus
- Maculopapular skin rash (palms, soles of feet, and trunk)
- Condylomata lata - HIGHLY infectious
- Resolves in 2-10 weeks
Secondary Stage Symptoms
- Low grade fever
- Malaise
- Sore throat
- Headache
- Lymphadenopathy
- Myalgins
- Arthralgias
- Patch hair loss
Stages of Latent Syphilis
- Early latent
2. Late latent
Early Latent Syphilis
- Infection acquired within preceding 12 months
- Only sexual contact, document seroconversion, Hx of Sn/Sx and sexual exposure
- Asymptomatic and serologic evidence of T pal infection
- Nontreponemal and treponemal tests
Late Latent Syphillis
- No evidence of acquired infection within preceding 12 months
- Asymptomatic and serologic evidence of T pal infection
- Nontreponemal and treponemal tests
Tertiary Stage of Syphilis
- Can occur 1-30 years after acquisition
- Occur in ~15% of untreated patients
Tertiary Stage Clinical Manifestations
- Central nervous system - neurosyphilis
- Cardiovascular - aortitis
- Gummatous - granulomatous, nodular skin, and bone lesions
Neurosyphilis
- T pal invades CSF, identified in 25% of untreated patients, can occur during any stage of infection
- May result in meningitis, ocular syphilis, ostosyphilis, meningovascular syphilis & general paresis (dementia paralytica)
Congenital Syphilis
- T pal passes placenta and is passed to fetus
- Increased risk of passing to fetus as gestation advances
- 70-100% passed to infants of untreated mothers, 40% of which lead to infant death
- Poor pregnancy outcomes - miscarriages, premature births, stillbirths
- All pregnant women should be screened at first prenatal visit
Diagnosis of Syphilis
- Identified by direct visualization or by serology
- Direct visualization - dark field microscope and direct fluorescent antibody (definitive diagnosis) of scrapings of chancre
- Serology - Nontreponemal for screening (VDRL & RPR) and Treponemal for confirmation (TP-PA & FTA-ABS)
Genital Herpes Simplex Clinical Manifestations
- Primary episode - small painful grouped vesicles in genital/perianal areas. 2-3 weeks and tend to ulcerate and then crust
- Recurrent episodes - preceded by prodromal tingling or pain, less severe, last 4-6 days
Genital Herpes Simplex Diagnosis
- Culture - gold standard, sensitive sensitive only during vescular stage
- Direct fluorescent antibody - scraped lesion or unrooted vesicle, less sensitive than culture
- Serology (EIA) - HSV antibodies (IgM)
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - qualitative test, more sensitive and preferred
Gonorrhea Organism
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Intracellular, gram negative, diplococcus with widespread resistance
Gonorrhea Pathogenesis
- Gonococci attaches to mucosal cell surface
- Local penetration
- Local proliferation
- Local inflammatory response or systemic dissemination
Gonorrhea Clinical Manifestations - Women
- 50% are asymptomatic
- Vaginal discharge, dysuria, abnormal vaginal bleeded may occur 7-10 days post-acquisition
- Possible inflammation of ovaries and fallopian tubes could lead to infertility
- Diagnosis - NAAT, Vaginal/endocervical swabs, urine specimen
Gonorrhea Clinical Manifestations - Men
- 90% will develop mucopurulent discharge and dysuria 2-14 days post-acquisition
- Possible epididmyitis and infertility
- Diagnosis - NAAT, urethral swabs, urine sample