STDs Flashcards
Treatment for Chlamydia
Azithromycin or doxycycline
Two syndromes caused by Gonorrhoeae
Arthritis-dermatitis or purulent arthritis alone
Dermatitis-arthritis syndrome includes
sparse peripheral necrotic pustules
monoarthritis or oligoarthritis
Tendon sheath inflammation
Possible cause of recurrent disseminated gonococcal infection
Terminal component complement deficiency
Diagnostic test for N. gonorrhoeae
NAAT- urine or swab
Treatment for gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone + Azithromycin or Doxycycline
Treat disseminated gonorrhoeae
7-14 days ceftriaxone
Treatment for PID
Ceftriaxone + Doxy with or without metronidazole
Inpatient treatment of PID
Cefoxitin or Cefotetan and Doxy
In PID, if no response to antibiotics, check
US for tubo-ovarian abscess
Primary and secondary syphilis resolve
spontaneously
After treatment, RPR and VDRL will
Go down or become negative
After treatment, FTA-ABS and TPPA will
stay positive
Diagnose Neurosyphilis
CSF lymphocytes >5
Elevated CSF protein
Positive CSF VDRL
Alternative to Penicillin for syphilis treatment
Doxy or tetracycline
Various Manifestations of Herpes
Oral, herpetic whitlow, genital, keratitis, encephalitis, Hepatitis, Associated HIV infection, Bell palsy
Recurrent erythema multiforme is most commonly caused by
HSV
Treatment for primary herpes keratoconjunctivits
trifluorothymidine, vidarabine, or acyclovir
Ophtho referral
