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Sexually Transmitted Disease Flashcards

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3 most common STDs

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  • HSV - 2
  • Trichomonas
  • HPV
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Populations at risk of STDs

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  • Under 24
  • Minorities
  • Multiple partners
  • People native to endemic areas
  • Homeless/incarcerated/migrants/mental illness/substance use
  • Most common: Trichomonas, HPV & HSV-2
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4 reportables STDs

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  • HIV
  • Syphilis
  • Gonorrhea
  • Chlamydia
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DDx for genital or perinal ulcers

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Genital herpers

Syphilus

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DDc for urethritis or cervicitis

Men
Women
Men & women
+ Sysyemic infections

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•	Gonorrhea
•	Chlamydia (CT)
•	Nongonococcal urethritis 
o	M urethritis without gram – diplococci
o	Remaining symptomatic after treatment 
•	Specific to women
o	Vaginitis
	Candidiasis
	Bacteria
	Trichomoniasis
o	Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
	Gonorrhea
	Chlamydia
o	Cervicitis
•	Men
o	Epididymitis & prostatitis
•	Men & Women
o	Proctitis
•	Systemic infections without genial symptoms
o	HepB
o	HIV
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Chlamydia

2 serotypes

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  • D-K: common

* L1-L3: Lymphogranuloma venereum (rare

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2 forms of chlamydiae

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• 2 Forms
o Elementary body (extracellular)
o Reticulate (intracellular & replicative)

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Chlamydiae is

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Obligate

Intracellular

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Chlamydiae pathophysiology

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  • Columnar epithelial cells
  • Receptor endocytosis
  • Inflammation (mild or fulminant)
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Natural history of chlamydiae in adults

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  • Infertility
  • Asymptomatic
  • Urethritis
  • Cervicitis
  • Epididymitis
  • Proctitis
  • PID
  • Reactive arthritis
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Natural history of chlamydiae in neonates

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  • Inclusion conjunctivitis: ”Cobblestoning” without exudate

* Interstitial pneumonia

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Diagnosis as chlamydiae

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DNA (urine or genital specimens)
•	PCR
•	Ligase chain reaction
•	NAAT
•	Tissue culture (rare)
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Treatment for chlamydiae

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  • Azithromycin
  • Doxycycline
  • Rest test 3-4 weeks or months post treatment
  • HIV testing
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chlamydiae screening (risk factors) in females

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chlamydiae screening (risk factors) in males

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•

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Gonorrhea is a

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• Gram- diplococci

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Gonorrhea pathophysiology

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  • Attach with pili to mucosal surfaces
  • Invade local tissues
  • Oral/vaginal or anal intercourse
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Risk factors gonorrhhea

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  • Young adults
  • Urban poor adults
  • Minorities
  • Commercial sec workers
  • Men who have sex with men
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Manisfestations of mucosal gonorrohea

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  • Urethritis/cervicitis/prostatitis/epididymitis
  • Proctitis
  • Pharyngitis
  • Conjunctivitis
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Manisfestations of invasive gonorrohea

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  • PID
  • Perihepatitis (Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome)
  • Disseminated gonococcal infection
  • Septic arthritis
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Diagnosis of gonorrhea

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Gram stain
•	Less sensitive in women
•	Discharge
DNA
•	PCR/LCR/NAAT
•	Vaginal swabs
Culture
•	Thayer-Martin medium (non-sterile sites has antibiotics)
•	Chocolate agar (Sterile sample)
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Treatment for uncomplicated gonorrhea

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  • Ceftriaxone IM
  • Azithromycin (oral)
  • Retesting not necessary
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Treatment of complicated gonorrhea

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  • Ceftriaxone IM or IV
  • Azithromycin or doxycline
  • Retest at 3 months
24
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Other testing for gonorrhea

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• HIV testing
• Resistance to penicillin & Cipro
• Repeat testing not necessary
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25
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Syphalis is

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  • Treponem pallidum

* Spirochete

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Pathophysogy syphalis

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  • Intercourse/kissing
  • Micro abrasions on mucus membranes
  • Granuloma formation
  • Vasculitis-like
  • “Great imitator”
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4 stages of syphalis infection

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Incubation
•	Asymptomatic
•	3 weeks
Primary Skin Lesions
•	Chancre
•	Painless
•	2-4 weeks healing 
Secondary Bacteremia
•	6-24 weeks post-I
•	Condyloma late on genital
•	Generalized lymphadenopathy
•	Constitutional symptoms
Latent Stage
•	Seroreactivity without symptoms
•	1 year = low relapse
Tertiary Stage
•	Years – decades post-I
•	Benign gummatous
•	Ascending aortitis
•	Neurosyphilis
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Symptoms of neurosyphalis

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  • Tabes dorsalis
  • Dementia
  • Stroke
  • Meningeal
  • Abnormal CSF
  • Asymptomatic
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Diagnosis of syphalis

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•	Darkfield microscopy
•	Direct immunofluorescence
•	Serological diagnosis
o	Nontreponemal
	VDRL
	RPR
o	Treponemal
	FTA-ABS
•	CANNOT BE CULTURED
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Treatment of syphalis

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• IV or IM penicillin or doxycycline

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Who is screened for syphalis

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  • Pregnant women
  • For a marriage license
  • High risk sexual functions
  • Symptomatic
  • HIV test

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