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Gyn Infections I and II -Castro Flashcards

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Which cell type lines the vulva? Vagina?

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stratified squamous epithelium

vulvar is keratinized

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What is the normal vaginal pH for prepubertal and postmenopausal women? Reproductive aged women?

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Prepubertal and postmenopausal women: normal vaginal ph is 6-8

Reproductive aged women: increasing number of lactobacilli cause normal vaginal ph to drop to 3.8 - 4.2

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What is normal “physiologic” vaginal discharge?

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cervical mucus and vaginal transudate and normal vaginal flora with exfoliated squamous cells

whitish and does not cause itching, burning or smell

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What do most vaginitis patients present with?

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Increased vaginal discharge-often with foul odor and vulvar, vaginal itching or burning and sometimes dysuria

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How do you diagnose vaginitis?

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must perform a pelvic exam and microscopic exam of the discharge (wet mount)

cultures and biopsies might be indicated, depending on findings

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What is the most common cause of vaginitis? Is this an STI?

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bacterial vaginosis

it is “sexually associated” but not clearly an STI (do NOT treat the partner)

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What does a patient with bacterial vaginosis present with?

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  • “fishy” odor
  • inc grayish vaginal discharge
  • homogenous discharge (vaginal vault looks like milk has been poured into it)
  • often after vaginal intercourse
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What is the etiology of bacterial vaginosis (BV)?

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altered vaginal ecology–> increased ratio of anaerobic to aerobic bacteria (suppression of lactobacilli and peroxide producing bacteria and an increase in garderella, bactericides, mobiluncus, prevotella, ureoplasma, mycoplasma and peptococcus (polymicrobial))

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What is the diagnostic criteria for BV?

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Amsel's Criteria:
(3 of the 4):
-Homogenous vaginal discharge
-Vaginal ph > 4.5
-Positive whiff test on -KOH wet prep
-Presence of clue cells on microscopic exam of saline wet mount (epithelial cells covered with bacteria, margins of cell are indistinct, cells have ground glass appearance, few WBC’s present
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What is the treatment for bacterial vaginosis? Should the male partner be treated as well?

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Oral metroidazole or topical metronidazole gel or clindamycin cream

do NOT treat the male partner

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What is the second most common cause of vaginitis? Is this sexually transmitted?

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candida vaginitis (more likely to have vulvar involvement than BV or trichomoniasis)

NOT considered sexually transmitted

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What are the risk factors for candida vaginitis (8)?

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Diabetes
Obesity
Pregnancy
Immunosuppressed
Recent use of antibiotics
Exogenous estrogens
Sexual intercourse
Anything facilitating vulvar/vaginal warmth and moisture
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What will a patient with candida vaginitis present with?

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  • Vaginal discharge and burning
  • Vulvar itching and burning with erythema
  • Dysuria
  • Dyspareunia (pain with intercourse)
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How is candida vaginitis diagnosed?

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  • Based on history, pelvic exam and KOH wet mount (culture in Nickerson’s if suspect false negative wet mount)
  • Thick, white “cottage cheese” discharge
  • Vaginal ph < 4.5 most of the time
  • 10% KOH wet mount - budding yeast and pseudohyphae
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What is the treatment for candida vaginitis? Should the male partner be treated as well?

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  • Try to treat predisposing cause if possible (e.g. diabetes)
  • Treat for 3-7 days with topical azoles (miconazole, butoconazole, terconazole, clotrimazole). Available OTC and by prescription. 80% effective
  • Treatment of male sex partner not recommended unless clinical evidence of infection (balanitis)
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What can recurrent candida vaginitis be indicative of?

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diabetes

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Is trichomonas vaginitis (trichomoniasis) a sexually transmitted disease? What are the major presenting symptoms?

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YES!

Major patient symptoms:

  • increased discharge
  • foul smelling
  • vulvar itching and burning
  • dysuria
  • dyspareunia
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How is the diagnosis of Trichomonas Vaginitis made in women? Men?

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  • Pelvic exam - “frothy” thin discharge; ph >4.5; color may be yellow, green, grey
  • Strawberry patches on vagina, cervix, (petechiae) may be present
  • “fishy” odor may be present

women:
-Saline wet mount - trichomonads (flagellated protozoan) along with epithelial cells and WBC’s

Men:
-wet mount is unreliable–> culture urethra, urine and semen

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How is Trichomonas Vaginitis treated? Should the male sex partner also be treated?

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  • Patient and sex partner need to be treated Metronidazole or Tinidazole 2 grams orally - 90% effective
  • Abstain from alcohol (disulfiram - type adverse response)
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What is the typical presentation of atrophic vulvovaginitis?

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-Older women, secondary to decreased estrogen

-Thin vaginal mucosa
Yellowish discharge, ph >4.5

-Smooth, shiny, reddish, atrophied vulvar skin

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How is a diagnosis of atrophic vaginitis made? What other diagnosis has to be ruled out?

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Saline wet mount showing rounded parabasal cells. May need biopsy to distinguish from Lichen Sclerosis

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When should you biopsy vulvitis?

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atypical lesion

non response to therapy

recurrence

goals of biopsy are to make the correct diagnosis in order to guide Rx, detect premalignant condition neoplasia / cancer.

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What are the differences in the vulvar dystrophies? What type of patient population is this normally found in?

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Seen in older women

-Lichen Sclerosis (atrophic dystrophy):
thinning skin with whitish, cigarette-paper appearance, very itchy, hyperkaratosis and chronic inflammation on biopsy

-Squamous Cell Hyperplasia (hyperplastic dystrophy):
scratch-itch-scratch cycle with thickened, excoriated skin (do biopsy to confirm)

-Mixed Dystrophy: leukoplakia might be present–> need biopsy to rule out neoplasia/carcinoma

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Who should be screened for STDs? What are the reportable STDs?

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  • high risk patients
  • all pregnant women
  • screen for other STDs if one is identified
  • reportable: GC, Chlamydia, syphilis, chancroid, HIV/ AIDS
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What are the 5 P's in taking a sexual history?
Partners Prevention of Pregnancy Protection from STD’s Practices Past History of STD’s
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How is HIV diagnosed? Monitored?
enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and then Western Blot or immunofluorescence assay monitored with viral load and CD-4 counts
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How should an HIV + pregnant woman be treated?
-antiretroviral therapy and elective cesarean section at 38 weeks with avoidance of breast feeding can decrease perinatal transmission ( give zidovudine or nevirapine
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What are the most common causes of anal or genital ulcers? How are these diagnosed?
Herpes (HSV) (viral culture or PCR is gold standard) syphilis (VDRL/RPR with reflex FTA-ABS/TPA or dark field) chancroid
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What is the clinical presentation of general herpes?
Primary infection-prodrome of burning, parasthesias 2-5 days post infection; painful anogenital ulcers/vesicles occur 3-7 days post infection Primary infection can be severe: fever, malaise, adenopathy, meningitis, urinary retention (systemic --> more severe) Recurrences- generally milder and of shorter duration (2-5 days)
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What is the treatment of genital herpes infection? Does this get rid of the virus?
First episode: oral antiviral therapy with Acyclovir, Famciclovir or Valacyclovir for 7-10 days helps control signs and symptoms but does not eradicate latent virus --> no effect on frequency/severity of recurrences
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If a person has HSV-2, what can be given to reduce recurrences, subclinical shedding and risk of spreading to a partner?
suppressive therapy ==> use acyclovir, famciclovir or valacyclovir daily
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What can be used to treat a severe systemic HSV-2 infection?
IV acyclovir
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When is risk of HSV transmission highest for a pregnant woman?
primary infection in the 3rd trimester do a c-section if herpetic lesions are present in labor --> can cause neonatal lesions or meningitis
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What counseling is advised if a pregnant non-infected female has a male partner with herpes?
treat the male suggest abstinence (preferably, especially with a lesion) or condoms throughout pregnancy to avoid the preggo getting the primary infection
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What is the difference between primary and secondary syphilis? In what stage are the lesions infectious?
primary: firm, painless chancre with rolled margins secondary: occurs 1-2 months later. fever, HA, malaise, diffuse maculopapular rash (palms and soles) and mucous patches or condylomata lata * highly infectious lesions*
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What are the signs/symptoms of tertiary syphilis?
aortitis, gumma’s (necrotic granulomatous lesions) and iritis Neurosyphilis-can occur at any stage *
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How is syphilis diagnosed?
Early syphilis: dark field exam or direct fluorescent antibody test of lesion or exudate is definitive for early syphilis Otherwise BOTH: -A nontreponemal or non specific test (VDRL or RPR) AND -a treponemal or specfic test (FTA-ABS or T. pallidum particle agglutination [TP-PA]) (+ for life) *Both types of tests (nontreponemal and treponemal must be positive)*
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How is syphilis transmitted in the late stages?
blood transfusion or transplacental passage (mother-> fetus)
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What is latent syphilis?
No clinical signs of disease
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What is used to monitor syphilis activity? What implies reinfection or failed initial treatment?
Titers correlate with disease activity --> a 4 fold rise in titers (e.g. 1:4 to 1:16) implies reinfection or failed initial treatment. Patient must be reevaluated (may need to r/o neurosyphilis) and retreated. Titers should go to zero if Rx adequate
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How is neurosyphilis diagnosed?
required lumbar puncture with a + VDRL CSF
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How is primary, secondary or early latent syphilis treated? What reaction should the patient look for?
Benzathine penicillin G (IM one time) Jarisch Herxheimer reaction (fever, headache, myalgia within first 24 hrs of therapy—can cause labor or fetal distress if pregnant)
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How is late latent, latent of unknown duration or tertiary syphilis treated?
Benzathine penicillin G | IM x 3 doses at weekly intervals
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How should neurosyphilis be treated?
IV aqueous penicillin G for 10-14 days
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What can syphilis in a pregnant woman lead to?
Screen pregnant women with VDRL or RPR. Untreated maternal infection can result in non-immune hydrops fetalis, fetal demise and preterm birth
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What is chancroid? What patient populations is this generally seen in?
Painful, genital ulcer with tender suppurative inguinal adenopathy (bubos) in setting of drug abuse, prostitution, HIV infection, travel to an African or Caribbean country
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How is chancroid diagnosed? How is it treated?
clinically --> diagnosis of exclusion (syphilis tests neg and herpes culture negative) caused by H. ducreyi but hard to culture on a special medium treat with azithromycin or ceftriaxone --> also treat recent sexual contacts (even if asymptomatic)
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What is granuloma inguinale (donovanosis)? Where is this generally found?
Painless, ulcerative, vascular lesions without adenopathy endemic in tropical areas (India, Papua, New Guinea, Australia, southern Africa) caused by intracellular gram neg bacterium (Klebsiella granulomatis – formerly Calymmatobacterium granulomatis)
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What is the diagnostic criteria and treatment for Donovanosis?
Diagnosis--Donovan bodies on tissue prep Treatment-Doxycycline for three weeks
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What is mucopurulent cervicitis? What are the most common causes?
Mucopurulent exudate from endocervix Endocervical bleeding with passage of cotton swab through the cervical os Leukorrhea-greater than 10WBC/HPF on exam of vaginal fluid most commonly identifiable causes are chlamydia or gonorrhea
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What does chlamydia normally present with in sexually active young adult women? What can this lead to?
asymptomatic! can lead to cervicitis, urethritis, or PID risk of infertility, chronic pain and increased risk of ectopic pregnancy
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If a female presents with mucopurulent cervicitis, what should you suspect? What diagnostic test should be done?
chlamydia endocervical swab or urine sample sent for culture, immunoassay or nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT)
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What is the treatment for chlamydia?
azithromycin abstinence until 7 days after therapy was started screen for other STD (HIV, GC, syphilis, hep B)
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If a male presents with urethritis, what should be suspected?
chlamydia
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How should chlamydia be treated in pregnancy??
screen all pregnant women at first visit and treat with azithromycin if + test of cure in 3 weeks test for reinfection in 3rd trimester
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What is neisseria gonorrhea? What does this normally present with?
Gram-negative intracellular diplococcus May have malodorous discharge can infect anything and become disseminated (meningitis, endocarditis, etc) Intraabdominal spread can lead to perihepatitis “Fitz-Hugh-Curtis” syndrome
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What can an untreated maternal infection during pregnancy lead to?
preterm birth and/or neonatal conjunctivitis (opthalmia neonatorum)
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How should uncomplicated N. gonorrhea be treated?
ceftriaxone (IM) or cefixime must also cover Chlamydia (dual therapy--add azithromycin) refer partners for evaluation and treatment, avoid sexual intercourse until therapy is completed and symptoms resolved
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What is PID?
Spectrum of disorders of the upper genital tract--- any combination of endometritis (uterus), salpingitis (tubes), tubo-ovarian abscess, pelvic peritonitis begins as ascending infection from the endocervix (mucopurulent cervicitis may be present but is NOT PID. it is a risk factor for PID)
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What is the minimum criteria for a PID diagnosis?
CLINICAL! Pelvic or lower abdominal pain in a sexually active woman with no other apparent cause AND one or more of the following findings on pelvic exam: - Cervical motion tenderness (Chandelier sign) - uterine tenderness - adnexal tenderness
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What is the more specific criteria for PID?
In addition to the minimum diagnostic criteria, if the following are present the diagnosis is more likely: - Fever (Temp greater than 101); - Mucopurulent cervical discharge with WBC’s on wet mount - Right upper quadrant pain suggests Fitz-Hugh-Curtis - Rebound suggests peritonitis - Presence of adnexal mass on exam or ultrasound - Hydrosalpinx or /TOA
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What is the treatment for PID?
Broad spectrum* --> wide range of organisms can cause it outpatient: - Ceftriaxone IM PLUS doxycycline WITH OR WITHOUT metronidazole In patient: - IV cefotetan or cefoxitan AND oral doxycycline - TOA present, ADD clindamycin or metrodnidazole to above regimen for better anaerobic coverage
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What are the long term sequelae associated with PID?
Increases risk of ectopic pregnancy Increases risk of chronic pelvic pain (4-fold?) Increases risk of infertility: 11% after first episode, 23% after second, 54% after 3rd
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When is new insertion of an IUD contraindicated?
a current STD infection --> increases risk of PID

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