STIs (Part 1) - Quick note guide - sources: Sunflower book, Impey, PedsCases, CCU, lecture notes PDF

Title	STIs (Part 1) - Quick note guide - sources: Sunflower book, Impey, PedsCases, CCU, lecture notes
Course	Women's and Children's Health
Institution	National University of Ireland Galway
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STIs (Part 1)GeneralChlamydiaRFs No. of partners - no condoms - presence of other STIs - young age - MSMManagement of STIsScreening for concurrent infections Partner/contact tracing Confidentiality EducationPathogen: Chlamydia trachomtis Epidemiology most common STI in the developed world 3% of 18-2...

Description

RFs

No. of partners - no condoms - presence of other STIs - young age - MSM Screening for concurrent infec

General

Partner/contact tracing Management of STIs Confidentiality Education

Pathogen: Chlamydia trachomtis most common STI in the develope Epidemiology 3% of 18-24 y.o in UK have chlam >70% of infected women don't have Altered vaginal discharge IMB or PCB

Presentation

Low abdominal pain

Chlamydia

Dyspareunia Diagnosis

Nucleic acid amplification test (NAATs Doxycycline

Contraindicated in

Treatment Azithromycin PID - may be silent Tubal damage

Complications

subfertility and/

Sexually-acquired rea SARA A tried of

Urethr

Pathogen: Neisseria gonorrheae Epidemiology

Common in developing world Asymptomatic in women ± vag bartholinitis, cervicitis, pelvic i

Clinical features Men: develop urethritis Bacteriem Complications

Gonorrhea

STIs (Part 1)

rare & systemic Acute mon

Diagnosis

Nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT...