Review Guide Flashcards
will the pH be lower or high with bacterial vaginosis
increases >4.5
Tx for BV
Flagyl 500 mg BIGx 7 days
what will the vagina look like w/ atrophic vaginitis
smooth, pale, shiny w/ few or absent vaginal folds
tx for symptomatic atrophic vaginitis
water-soluble lubricatns and/or vaginal estrogens
Tx for candidiasis
fluconazole, miconazole, clotrimazole
gold standard for dx of gonorrhea
culture
tx for gonorrhea
Cefriaxone 250 mg IM
what must you also tx for if you are treating gonorrhea
chlamydia
tx for chlamydia
1 g azithromycin PO once OR
doxy 100 mg BID X 7 days
alternative tx for chlamydia in pregnancy
amoxicillin 500 mg PO TID x 7 days
Recurrent small grouped vesicles on an erythematous base, esp. in orolabial & genital areas
herpes simplex
diagnosis of herpes simplex
viral cultures
TZANCK SMEAR
what causes syphilis
treponema pallidum
first stage of syphilis
chancre- red, round firm ulcer that is painless
second stage of syphillis
maculo papular rash (palsm and soles)
condyloma lata (flat, warty like papules)
flu like symptoms