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Approach to urethritis and cervicitis

By Dr. Elise Merchant @EAMerchant via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com]

#ID  #Infectious Diseases
urethritis and cervicitis ... Ddx #Diagnosis #STI ... #Urethritis #Cervicitis
Cervicitis - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
 • Recommended Regimen: doxycycline 100 mg orally 2x/day for 7
Cervicitis - CDC ... single dose #Cervicitis ... Guidelines #Management #STI
CDC Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Treatment Guidelines, 2021
 • Bacterial Vaginosis
 • Cervicitis
 • Chlamydial Infections
Transmitted Infections (STI ... Vaginosis • Cervicitis ... Transmitted #Infections #STI ... Management #CDC #STD
Gonococcal Infections (Gonorrhea) - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimen:
 • Uncomplicated infections of the cervix, urethra,
vulvovaginitis, cervicitis ... vulvovaginitis, cervicitis ... Guidelines #Management #STI
ST depression & T wave inversion causes #Pathophys #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Differential #TWI #STD #TWaveInversion
ST depression & ... Differential #TWI #STD
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
STEMI - J point STE ... 0.5mm downgoing ST ... line; upsloping ST ... inversion - STE ... - R/S >1 or ST
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
Discordance" = ST ... a) Concordant STE ... b) Concordant STD ... V1-V3 c) STE
Chlamydia trachomatis - Infection of the Newborn
 • Newborns 3-16 weeks old 
 • Afebrile (appears
Chlamydia trachomatis (cervicitis
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
Bacterial Illness (SBI ... ): 1) UTI and pyelonephritis ... common cause of SBI ... Classification #Fever #SBI
UTI treatment
#Diagnosis #UrinaryTract #Infection #UTI #Definition #Uncomplicated  #UrinaryTract #Infection #UTI #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management #Urinary #Tract
UTI treatment # ... UrinaryTract #Infection #UTI ... UrinaryTract #Infection #UTI ... Tract #Infection #UTI ... Pyelonephritis #UTI