UTIs + STIs Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the most common causative organism for UTI?
Escherichia coli
What type of organism is escherichia coli?
Gram negative anaerobic bacilli
What is the management for a simple lower UTI?
(Drugs and course length)
3 days of Nitrofurantoin or Trimethoprim
What is the management for a complicated lower UTI?
(Drugs and length of course)
7-10 days Nitrofurantoin or Trimethoprim
What is the management of pyelonephritis without features of sepsis (community management)?
7-10 days oral ciprofloxacin or co-amoxiclav (only if cultures are back)
What are the 2 different general causes of epididymo-orchitis?
STIs and UTIs
Which age group is epididymis-orchitis most commonly caused by STI?
16-30yr old
Which age group is epididymis-orchitis most commonly caused by UTI?
60+
What investigation do you if a patient has epididymo-orchitis and is 16-30y?
NAAT
What investigation do you if a patient has epididymo-orchitis and is 60+?
MSU
What is the management for epididymo-orchitis in 16-30year olds?
(Drugs and length of course)
Assuming STI
10-14 days oral doxycycline with or without a one off IM Ceftriaxone dose
What is the management for epididymo-orchitis in 60+year olds?
(Drugs and length of course)
10-14 days ciprofloxacin
When can nitrofurantoin not be used to treat a UTI?
Third trimester of pregnancy
When can trimethoprim not be used to treat a UTI?
First trimester
What is the management for latent syphilis?
Benzylpenicillin
How is an outbreak of genital herpes managed?
Oral acyclovir
What is the management of chlamydia trachomatis infection?
Oral doxycycline
What is the management for chlamydia if the patient is pregnant?
Azithromycin or amoxicillin
What is the first line treatment for gonorrhoea?
IM Ceftriaxone
What iis the treatment for gonorrhoeae if a patient refuses IM Ceftriaxone?
Oral cefixime + Azithromycin
