STIs Flashcards
(31 cards)
what is the most common bacterial Sti in the US
C. trachomatis
(chlamydia)
When is most herpes transmitted?
70% during asymptomatic oerios
many are unaware infected
how do you diagnose herpes?
PCR - most sensitive
hwo do you treat herpes?
primary - nucleoside analogue for 7-10d
recurrent - nucleoside analogue for 5 d
suppressive - daily for >6 recurrences/year
council
pregnancy
treponema pallidum
syphillis spirochete
man is the only host
how do you diagnose treponema pallidum
(syphillis)
serology - RPR (titer) + treponemal test (positive after therapy - specfic
can PCR
who has highest number of syphillis infection
men who have sex with men
syphillis time line
in latent phase - RYR and treponema positive

chancres
seen in primary syphillis
a painless ulcer, particularly one developing on the genitals as a result of venereal disease.
depends on where sporochette is
presenting signs of syphillis
chancres
signs of secondary syphillis
rash
condyloma lata
meningitis
alopecia
signs of tertiary syphillis
aortic aneurysm
gumma
treatment of syphillis
primary/secondary
benzathine for one day (PCN)
OR
tetracyclin for 14 days if alergic to PCN
tertiary
benzathine PCN for 3 weekly doses
what is the jarisch herxheimer reaction?
seen ins yphillis treatment in first 24 hours
spirochettes lyse - cytokine reaction with fever and chills
chancroid
a venereal infection causing ulceration of the lymph nodes in the groin.
difficult to culture and highly infectious
treatment of chancroid
asiprate ulcers
HIV test
azyithromycin for 1 day
Rx sexual partners
gonorrhea
2nd most common communicable disase in US - highest in adolescents, MSM, southeast
now we screen high risk populations
how do you diagnose gonorrhea?
culture and nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT)
presentation of gonorrhea
women - vaginal discharge, pain dysuria
men - dysuria, discharge, testicular pain
sequelae of gonorrhea
women - chronic pelvic pain, infertility, ectopic pregnanc
men - epididytis, pharyngitis
treatment of gonococcal
(floroquinolose no longer indicated)
cephalosporin (now some resistance!)
ceftriaxone IM PULS azithromycin x1
evaluate sexual partners
chlamydia sequlae in women
ectopic pregnancy
infertility
PID
asymptomatic infection common
screen all sexually active women <25
how do you diagnose chlaydia
nucleic acid amplification tecnniques
how do you treat chlamydia
azithromycin 1 gm
repeat screening in 6 mo
HIV test
to decrease incidence of PID!