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advanced gynecology
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Question | Answer |
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KOH preparation | Add one drop of KOH to slide. Perform whiff test. All cell materials will be destroyed but candida |
Bacterial vaginosis | One clue cell--resembles a pancake that has fallen into a bowl of poppy seeds. Clue cell appears smudged, with fuzzy contents and poorly defined borders. malodorous >pH of vagina <lactobacilli multiple sex partners, new sex partner,douching |
Trichomonas | thin, light green,frothy discharge mild itch, dysuria |
wet mount documentation | # cells per hpf (wbc's) presence or absence of clue cells,rbc's, spores, hyphae and bacteria motility koh used |
BV contributes | BID, preterm labor, PROM, chorioamnionitis, postpartum endometritis |
BV presenting history | thin, gray, malodorous discharge, painful sex, burning sensation when having sex DX-> clue cells, pH 4.5 and fishy odor before or after koh |
BV treatment | Flagyl 500mg bid x7 days or flagyl gel 0.75% one full applicator intravaginally x5days or clindamycin cream intravaginally x7days hs if pregnant-->flagyl 500mg bid x7d or flagyl 250mg tidx7days or clindamycin 300mg bidx7 days |
Trichomonas treatment | Flagyl 2g po single dose or tinidazole 2g po single dose (avoid etoh 4 24 hours /p flagyl and 72h /p tinidazole) |
Gonorrhea | (can co-infect /c chlamydia-treat both) pyogenic,purulent discharge, green, dysuria, can be asymptomatic |
Gonorrhea treatment | rocephin 125mg IM x1 cefixime 400mg po x1 cipro 500mg po x1 ofloxacin 400mg pox1 levofloxacin 250mg po plus tx for chlamydia if not ruled out |
chlamydia | if not treated can cause infertility can be asymptomatic sx can resemble vaginitis or uti copious clear discharge can affect any organ |
chlamydia treatment | zithromax 1g po x1 or doxycyline 100mg po bid x7d alternative regimens-->erythromycin base 500mg po qid x7d or levofloxacin 500mg po x7d neonatal-->erythromycin base 50mg/kg/d po 4 divided doses d x14 d |
PID | upper reproductive tract inflammation (uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries)can cause tubal scarring which can lead to infertility and ectopic pregnancy |
PID (presenting history) | tender cervix, abd pain, fever (predisposed 16-24 yo unmarried, nulliparous, multiple partners and previous hx) |
PID (hospitalization criteria) | r/o surgical emergencies--pregnant,does not respond to oral antimicrobial therapy, unable to follow or tolerate outpatient regimen, severe illness,tubo-ovarian abscess |
PID (tx) | levofloxacin 500mg qd x14d ofloxacin 400mg po bid x 14d &/or flagyl 500mg po bid x14d reg b-->rocephin 250mg IM plus doxycycline 100mg po bid &/or flagyl bid x14d IV-->cefotetan 2g iv q 12h or cefoxitin 2g iv q6 h plus doxycycline 100mg po or iv q 12 h |
molluscum contagiosum | viral, multiple dome-like papules,central material |
LGV | chlamydia trachomatis small, painless papules/ vesicles, generalized illness, lymph buboes |
chancroid | ulcerative, profuse discharge, painful, lymphadoenapthy |
molluscum | benign poxivirus-spread through autoinoculation- no tx necessary; however, genital lesions are tx to prevent spread-->curettage, cautery, cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen |
LGV (lymphogranuloma venerum) | tender inguinal &/or femoral lymphadenopathy-typically unilateral-self limited genital ulcer or papule at site of inoculation may be present |
LGV tx | doxycycline 100mg po bidx 21d alt-->erythromycin base 5000mg po qid x21d |
chancroid | painful genital ulcer, tender suppurative inguinal adenopathy probable if all criteria met--> one or more painful genital ulcers, no evidence of t. pallidum infection or syphilis;typical presentation-genital ulcer and regional lymphadoneptahy; hsv - |
chancroid tx | zithromax 1g po x1; rocephin 250mg IM x1; cipro 500mg po bid x3d; erythromycin base 500mg po tid x7d |
granuloma inguinale | painless, progressive ulcerative lesions /s regional lymphadenopathy, highly vascular(beefy red appearance)bleed easily on contact |
GI tx | doxycycline 100mg po bid x3 week (until all lesions have healed) |
Syphilis | primary-clean, painless ulcer (3-12w contagious) secondary-copper penny rash, fever, malaise, alopecia, condyloma lata- highly contagious tertiary-organs, heart, CNA-noncontagious- serious complications |
diagnostic tests for syphilis | darkfield exam and direct flourescent antibody tests (DFA) tests of lesion exudate or tissue presumptive dx requires 2 serological tests--vdrl/rpr & treponemal tests |
neurosyphilis dx | various combinations of reactive serologic testing,CSF cell count or protein, CSF reactive VDRL with or without clinical manifestations |
syphilis tx | benzathine penicillin 2.4 million IM x1 (adults) benzathine penicillin G 50,000u/kg IM all patients who have syphilis should be tested for hiv |
Herpes simplex--genital | painful--transmitted sexually or maternal-fetus--neurotropic virus-grows in latency (dormant in dorsal root ganglia) --contagious the 1st 48hrs (before know it is there) |
HSV tx | 1st episode acyclovir 400mg po tid 7-10d famciclovir 250mg po tid 7-10d valacyclovir 1g po bid 7-10d recurrent--acyclovir 800mg po bid x5d famciclovir 125mg po bid x5d valacyclovir 1g po d x5d suppressive acyclovir 400mg po bid valacyclovir 1g po |
severe hsv | iv dosing acyclovir 5-10mg/kg iv q8h for 2-7d followed by oral therapy x10d |