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Urethritis and Vaginal Discharges Flashcards

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Lab definition of urethritis?

A

>5 WBCs on SWAB
>10 WBCs in URINE

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What causes gonorrhoea?

A

Neisseria gonorrhoea

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Two levels of disease in gonorrhoea.
What are they, and how do they impact men and women?

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Uncomplicated disease presents with:

  • Males: Urethritis, epididymitis, proctitis
  • Females: Cervicitis, PID

Disseminated disesase presents with: (More common in females)

  • Arthritis
  • Infertility
    • Tenosynovitis
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What are two diagnostic tests for gonorrhoea?

What are their benefits?

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Culture - gives antibiotic resistances.

PCR - Always test for both gonorrhoea and chlamydia at the same time. Easy - urine for men, swab for women

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How do you treat gonorrhoea?

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Ceftriaxone plus Azithromycin

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What causes chlamydia and what difference disesae do the diff serotypes cause?

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Caused by chlamydia trachomatis.

Serovars A-C cause ocular trachoma, serovars D-K cause genital disease.

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Why is treatment of chlamydia dependent on its life cyce?

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Treatment is only effective when chlamydia is replicating (inside host cells).

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Why is antibiotic resistance rare in chlamydia?

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Because reproduction occurs inside a host cell

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9
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What are some clinical presentations of chlamydia?

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Urethritis

Epididymitis

Infertility

Throat and rectal infections

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How is chlamydia diagnosied?

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PCR - Tested n combination with gonorrhoea

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What is the antibiotic of choice for chlamydia?

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Doxycycline

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What are the two mycoplasmas in genital disease?

How do they present?

How are they treated?

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Mycoplasma genitalium

  • Present the same as chlamydia
  • Treated with azithromycin (moxifloxacin if resis.)

Ureaplasma urealyticum

  • Urethritis
  • Treated with azithromycin (moxifloxacin if resis.)
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What is reactive arthritis?

How is it treated?

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An autoimmune response following infection (chlamydia, gonorrhoea)

Treatment:

  • Treat underlying infection
  • Anti-inflammatories
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What are the two types of vaginal discharge, and how do they differ on diagnosis?

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Bacterial Vaginosis

  • Most common cause of vaginal discharge
  • pH > 4.5
  • Microscopy

Candidiasis

  • C albicans or C glabrata
  • Pruritis
  • pH < 4.5
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How are vaginal discharges treated?

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Generally, with metronidazole

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16
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What causes trichomonas, and what is the characteristic sign?

How is it treated?

A

Trichomonas vaginalis - causes frothy discharge.

Treatment - Metronidazole

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