MATERNAL INFECTIONS HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN PREG...

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infection with Enterobacteriaceae is suspected; however, this regimen should probably be combined with effective therapy for possible gonococcal or chlamydial infection unless bacteriuria with Enterobacteriaceae is confirmed. Figure 124-1 Percentage of N. gonorrhoeae isolates with in[r]

Among women with salpingitis, HIV infection is associated with increased severity of salpingitis and with tuboovarian abscess requiring hospitalization and surgical drainage. Nonetheless, among women with HIV infection and salpingitis, the clinical reponse to conve[r]

miconazole or clotrimazole) for 3–7 days (Table 124-5). Over-the-counter marketing of such preparations has reduced the cost of care and made treatment more convenient for many women with recurrent yeast vulvovaginitis. However, most women who purchase these preparations do not have vulvovagi[r]

trichomoniasis. A single 2-g oral dose of metronidazole is effective and much less expensive than the alternatives. Tinidazole has a longer half-life than metronidazole and is useful in treating trichomoniasis that fails to respond to metronidazole. Treatment of male sexual part[r]

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Chapter 124. Sexually Transmitted Infections: Overview and Clinical Approach (Part 16) For hospitalized patients, the following two parenteral regimens have given nearly identical results in a multicenter randomized trial: 1. Doxycycline (100 mg twice daily, given[r]

sensitive and are likely to become commercially available in the future). If compliance with initial treatment is confirmed and reexposure excluded, the recommended treatment is with metronidazole or tinidazole (2 g PO in a single dose) plus azithromycin (1 g PO in[r]

3. Evaluate for gonococcal and chlamydial infection. An absence of typical gram-negative diplococci on Gram's-stained smear of urethral exudate containing inflammatory cells warrants a preliminary diagnosis of NGU and should lead to testing of the urethral specimen for C. tracho[r]

exposed to an STD (e.g., your penis, mouth, vagina, anus)? Query about Interest in STD Screening Tests (for patients answering no to all of the above questions): (10) Would you like to be tested for HIV or any other STDs today? (If yes, clinician can explore which STD and why.) Source[r]

Chapter 132. Infections Caused by Listeria monocytogenes (Part 3) Meningitis L. monocytogenes causes ~5–10% of all cases of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults in the United States. Case-fatality rates are reported to be 15–26% and do not appear to have cha[r]

Sexual Transmission Repeatedly Described but Not Well Defined or Not the Predominant Mode Mycoplasma hominis Mycoplasma genitalium Gardnerella vaginalis and other vaginal bacteria Group B Streptococcus Mobiluncus spp. Helicobacter cinaedi Helicobacter fennelliae Cytomegalovirus Human T[r]

loculated, usually unilateral None; pseudobuboes Source: From RM Ballard, in KK Holmes et al (eds): Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 4th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2008.

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Azithromycin 1 g PO as single dose Note: FA, fluorescent antibody; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RPR, rapid plasma reagin; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; HSV, herpes simplex virus; VDRL, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory. Typical vesicles or pustules or a cluster of painful u[r]

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The agents most often implicated in acute PID include the primary causes of endocervicitis (e.g., N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis) and organisms that can be regarded as components of an altered vaginal flora. In general, PID is most often caused by N. gonorrhoeae where[r]