repro Flashcards
what are the 5 Ps
partners protection from STIs pregnancy prevention practices past STI history
which STIs would cause discharge
chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomonas, vaginosis, candida, mycoplasma genitalium
gonorrhea bacterial shape
GN diplococci
elementary bodies
infectious bodies of chlamydia, non-replicating, hardy
reticulate bodies
metabolically replicating bodies of chlamydia
LGV
chlamydia causing invasive lymphatic infection
what do you treat gonorrhoea with
ceftriaxone or azithromycin
what do you treat chlamydia with
azithromycin or doxycycline
if have trichomonas vaginalis, what is it an indicator of
high risk sexual activity, higher risk of HIV acquisition
treatment for trichomonas vaginalis
metromidazole, tinidazole, clindamycin cream
what is treponema pallidium
syphilis
what is non-treponemal test
RPR, indication of active untreated syphilis infection
what is terponemal test
EIA, indication of current or past syphilis infection - remains positive for life if ever infected with syphilis
what tests would you carry out for syphilis investigation
first EIA (treponemal test) then if this positive, do RPR (non-treponemal test) - to see if current infection
treatment for mycoplasma genitalium
azithromycin
prenatal infection
infection in utero
perinatal infection
infection acquired during delivery
what are ascending organisms in relation to pregnancy
vaginal organisms causing foetal infection
purpura fulminans
invasive grp a strep through VZV skin lesions
congenital varicella syndrome
infection in 1st trimester
limb hypoplasia, dermatomal skin scarring, microcephaly, cataracts, mental retardation
prophylactic VZIG, and who do you give it to
post exposure VZIG
give to pregnant mothers, babies who’s mothers develop VZV <7days prior to delivery, immunocompromised, prem babies
what type of virus is CMV
herpes virus
congenital CMV
microceophaly, behavioural problems, learning difficulties
more worried about primary or reactivation in pregnancy
primary - bc higher risk of foetal infeciton
neonatal CMV more often symptomatic or asymptomatic
asymptomatic - 90% of time
more concerned about symptomatic or asymptomatic neonatal CMV
symptomatic bc 90-100% will develop long term sequ
what’s significance of positive IgM in CMV
not normal - doesn’t indicate active infection - IgM remains positive for years after infection
IgG avidity
how strongly binding IgG is - stronger binding indicates longer infection
complications of foetal CMV
sensorineural deafness
blindness
microcephaly
(pneumonitis rare)
treatment of foetal CMV infection
only treat if symptomatic at birth - treat with ganciclovir