Gynecologic And Pregnancy Related Infections Dr. Straudinger Flashcards
Thin white discharge coming from vagina + no itching
Bacterial Vaginosis, + check preg and chlamydia/ Gonorrhea
How to test for BV, candida, Trichomonasis
Wet Mount, checking pH = Vaginitis
How to test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomonasis
NAAT, PCR (endocervical swab, vaginal swab, urine)
Trichomonasis best seen on Vaginal swab or urine
Saline wet mount, vaginal epithelial cells with clue cells
+ vaginal discharge placed on slide and add KOH = smells fishy
Ph = over 4.5 (high)
BV
BV 3 of the 4 must be present
- Homogenous thin grey/white discharge
- Ph over 4.5
- Whiff test
- Clue cells
BV increased by and how common
Sexual activity (can come with STIs) = the MOST common in child bearing age
Douching is what
Vaginal rented with antiseptic or vinegar = increase BV risk
BV is seen in who
minorities and smoking
Normal bacteria in vagina and BV bacteria
- Lactobacilli = make lower pH, aerotolorant, gram- bacilli
2. Coccobacilli = like higher pH made form sex, gram + (clue cells) = Gardnerella Vaginalis
Gardenerella Vaginalis does what in the vagina
Creates BV
= makes biofilm for other bacteria to grow
= all the bacteria combined make the malodorous amine smells
BV 3 tx
- Metronidazole 2 x day, 7 days (500mg) = inhibit dna synthesis, deplete thiols
- Tinidazole = inhibits dna synthesis
- Clindamycin = inhibit 50s ribosome translation
Metronidazole and Tinidazole are activated by and their active form kills what
Nitroreductase , kills Bacteria BV, Trichomonasis
Metronidazole + Tinidazole side effects
- V, flushing, HA (with alcohol)
- Seizures, ataxia, Dizziness
- General : N, anorexia, Bloating, Cramping
= majority of drug eliminated in urine
Clindamycin (Lincosamine)
- Used for
- Kills what
- Used for
- Allergic to penicillin
- Gram + and Anaerobes + Group A strep (Strep throat) —-> B-lactamase making
- Toxic shock syndrome, PID, decrease PROM in women with BV**, tx MERSA also
Clindamycin side effects
- C. Diff overgrowth (Psudomembranous colitis)
2. Actively transported to Abscesses (not penetrating CSF though) = goood thing
Candida look like what on the external
Red and itchy vagina , thick cottage discharge, no redness on cervix
Candida have what tests
- KOH whiff test is negative however on wet mount + KOH= make final elements more visible, pseudohyphae
- PH is normal and low (under 4.5)
Normal pH in vagina
3.8-4.5
Risk of Candida
DM, Imunosuppressed, High Estrogen, ABs used
Candida albicans is most common what is another candida that can infect
Candida Glabrata
Candida can do what after long overgrowth
Invasion of squamous cells causing symptomatic disease
3 over the counter topical creams for Candidiasis
- Clotrimazole
- Miconazole
- Tioconazole
3 prescriptions topical creams for Candidiasis
- Terconazole
2. Butoconazole
1 oral 3 prescription for Candidiasis
Fluconazole
Fluconazole
- MOA
- Warnings
- Destroy fungi by inhibiting lanosterol —> Esgosterol by stickign to the 14a- demethylasa (disrupts the cell membrane*)
- Serious birth defects in pregnancy + AVIOD with Erythromycin = cardiotoxicity
Fluconazole and other azoles can cause what side effects
- Prolongation of QT interval (tornado de pointes) (if taken with Amiodarone or other QT prolongation drugs)*
- Cardio toxic if taken with erythromycin *
- Renal dysfunction should be with caution*
- Not in pregnancy*
Fluconazole inhibits
CYP3A4
Trichomonasis sx
- Sx
- Tests you see
- Bleeding after sex, itching, dysuria, pain with sex, thin green foul smelling discharge
- Cervix is strawberry (punctuate hemorrhage), red vulva and vagina,
= saline wet mount —> flagellated Protozoa, motile (oval shape), pH if over 4.5, KOH whiff test is +, many WBCs
Trichomonasis increases risk of what and associated with and how common
Most common NONVIRAL STI
= HIV and HPV
= increased risk of HIV due to cervical hemorrhages , can lead to carcinoma
Trichomonasis is how big and survival NTD likes infecting what
2 RBCs, only in humans (pear shaped with flagella) protozoan
= infects Squamous cells especially in urinary tracts , and eats bacteria
= does not for cysts
TX Trichomonasis how 2 drugs
+ what do you need to do when treating
1.Metronidazole ** 1st
2. Tinidazole
= must treat all sexual partners
= test 2weeks to 3 months after tx for cure
When taking metronidazole and trinidazole for Trichomonasis what do you need to tell patient
Avoid alcohol
Neisseria Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
- SX
- Tests you see what
- Thick mucoid discharge, pain sex, vaginal bleeding after sex
+ Normal external genitalia, cervix is RED + purulent discharge
2.
Cervicitis
- Sx and things you see
- Cervix is
- Most common
- Redness, mucopurulent discharge from cervix
- Spotting or bleeding after sex, dysuria
- Chlamydia Gonorrhea, Trichomonasis, HSV, Mycoplasma
Neisseria Gonorrhea
- What type of bacteria
- Grows on
- virulence factor
- gram - diplococcus
- Chocolate agar
- Pili adherence
Chlamydia Trachomatis
1, what type of bacteria
2. Dx how
- Gram - tiny obligate intracellular
2. Not on gram stain, NEED PCR ( Elementary body and Reticulate Body_
Mycoplasma Genitalia
- What type
- Causes what
- NO cell wall bacteria
- Non-gonococcal urethritis , cervicitis
= SMALLEST SIZE
How to treat Gonorrhea + Chlamydia when PCR results have not come back
- Ceftriaxone IM injection
2. Azithromycin oral (Doxycycline can be used if allergy to Azithromycin)
Cervicitis 3 drugs used to treat and their MOA
- Ceftriaxone (3rd gen, Cell wall synthesis, inhibit B-lactam) IM
- Azithromycin (Macrolide AB, 50S ribosome inhibitor)
- Doxycycline (Tetracycline AB, 30S ribosome inhibitor)
Ceftriaxone
1. Given how
2, excreted how + good thing about it
3. Side effects
- IM going through the CSF
- Bile + longest HL
- Cholestasis + bilirubin displacement, jaundice in neonates