STIs Flashcards
Thick white cottage cheese-like discharge + itching or excoriations
Candida
May also have erythematous vulvar findings with satellite lesions
Inflamed itchy vaginal mucosa + yellow/green discharge
Desquamative vaginitis
Gray/opaque foul-smelling discharge
Bacterial vaginosis
Non-specific yellow/green vaginal discharge without systemic manifestation
Trichomonas
Which has inflammation - bacterial vaginosis vs Trichomoniasis?
Trichomoniasis - yellow-green, malodorous, frothy discharge
As opposed to off-white, fish odor discharge
Use metronidazole and treat partner
Viral-like symptoms followed by burning/irritation prodrome before lesions appear
HSV
What should you do for someone with suspected Hep B from partner?
Unvaccinated: Partner is HBsAG+: One dose HBIG and HBV series; otherwise only HBV series
Vaccinated: Responder: No further treatment; otherwise HBIG + HBV series or HBIGx2
Symptoms: Lower abdominal tenderness; uterine/adnexal tenderness; mucopurulent cervicitis
Acute salpingitis
DDx: Endometriosis (which does not have fever)
Complications of salpingitis
Chronic pelvic pain; hydrosalpinx; tubal scarring; ectopic pregnancy; infertility
Genital itching with small black powder like substance on pubic hair
Lice (Phthiraptera)
Clue cells on wet prep
Bacterial vaginosis - fuzzyness around cells is due to bacteria coating
Treatment: Metronidazole
Treatment for bacterial yeast infection
Clotrimazole
CDC recommends what course of action after Chlamydia treatment?
Test for reinfection at 3 months; TOC no longer recommended
What areas of skin does secondary syphilis encompass?
Trunk, palms, soles
What is Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome?
Perihepatitis - due to ascending upper genital tract infection involving the hepatic capsule