STI Flashcards
Screening test - ELISA
Confirmatory - western blot
Involuntary wt. loss, etiology can agent is VIRUS
Prophylaxis from pneumocystis carninii: CD4
HIV
Use DNA probe, produces dc penis- green yellow discharge vag and penis Hurts when I pee!!! Males symptomatic Women often Asymptomatic. Txt: Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) 250mg IM PLUS Azithromycin 1g once ***OR Doxycycline 100 mg BID x7 days (for txt of chlamydia w/this)
Gonorrhea
DNA probe, discharge thick), often asymptomatic. Dyspareunia!! HURTS when I pee!!!! (Like gonorrhea)
EIA test for lab or culture
Associated with PID, infertility, ectopic
Doxycycline 100mg BID x7 days
***OR
Azithromycin 1 g. once
Rescreen in three months after treatment due to high rates of reinfection.
Chlamydia
Most common STD
STD, vag discharge Frothy/yellow-green, vag irritation, dysuria, cervical petechiae, (strawberry cervix), Use wet prep
Metronidazole (flagyl) 2g single dose OR tinidazole 2 g single dose
Trichomoniasis
Can produce rash on palms of hands and soles of feet
RPR - screening test,
FTA-ABS, MHA-TP diagnostic tests
Early txt: PCN 2.4 million units IM
Late txt: PCN 2.4 million units IM, 3 doses given at weekly intervals
Syphilis
Positive whiff-test, clue cells on wet mount, produces a discharge, and metronidazole treated twice a day for seven days. No alcohol with this drug. pH vag fluid > 4.5
Txt: oral metronidazole, gel metronidazole, cream clindamycin
BV
Co factor of HIV transmission
Men- superficial PAINFUL ulcers (herpes is only other painful STD)
Involves genitals and unilateral bubo (inguinals)
Chancroid
Painless!!
Keratolytic agents: TCA, pododerm, bichloacetic acid, cryo, laser,
Gardasil vaccine!!!! Female and males 9-26 yoa, 3 injections
Genital warts (HPV)