Genital-Anal-Oral Ulcer Disease Update
Genital-anal-oral ulcer disease update
Philipp Bosshard Department of Dermatology University Hospital Zurich Switzerland
ESCMID eLibrary © by author Case 1
• 22 y.o. male, no medical history • Pain when swallowing, tonsils with white thrush • Gingival erosion for 3 weeks • Penile papules for 3 months • Night sweats
• DD? ESCMID eLibrary © by author Differential diagnosis of oral ulcers
Infectious Non-infectious Herpes simplex virus Trauma
Syphilis Necrotizing sialometaplasia (inflamed salivary glands)
Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis Autoimmune blistering disorders (pemphigus, pemphigoid) Herpangina (Coxsackie virus) Lichen planus Varicella zoster virus Eosinophilic Ulcer Tuberculosis Fixed drug eruption Other Viruses (CMV) Behçet syndrome … …
ESCMID eLibrary © by author Case 1
• 22 y.o. male, no medical history • Pain when swallowing, tonsils with white thrush • Gingival erosion for 3 weeks • Penile papules for 3 months • Night sweats
• DD STI (syphilis), aphthae, viral, Behçet… ESCMID eLibrary © by author Case 1
• Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) 1:32 • TPPA 1:81920 • IgM-ELISA >3.5
• Oral lesion swab T. pallidum PCR positive
• Diagnosis: secondary syphilis with plaques muqueuses and angina syphilitica ESCMID eLibrary © by author Differential diagnosis of genital ulcers
Infectious Non-infectious Herpes simplex virus Behçet syndrome Syphilis Fixed drug eruption Lymphogranuloma venereum, C. trachomatis L1–L3 Lichen sclerosus Impetigo Lichen planus Genital tuberculosis Trauma
Chancroid Autoimmune blistering disorders (pemphigus, pemphigoid)
Granuloma inguinale (donovanosis) Lipschütz ulcer (reactive nonsexually related acute genital ulcer) Candidiasis Scabies Other Viruses (EBV, VZV) … ESCMID eLibrary © by author Differential diagnosis of anorectal ulcers
Infectious Non-infectious Neisseria gonorrhoeae Inflammatory bowel diseases Chlamydia trachomatis D–K Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome Lymphogranuloma venereum, C. trachomatis L1–L3 … Syphilis Herpes simplex virus Chancroid …
ESCMID eLibrary © by author Literature
Keyword Hits number 2017 Topics Genital ulcers 110 - 37 STI (19 epidemiology) - 36 Behçet disease - 4 Lipschütz ulcers Genital ulcers (reviews) 12 - 2 STI - 7 Behçet disease Oral ulcers 15 - 2 STI Treponema pallidum PCR 16 - 7 STI Multiplex PCR STI 7 - 7 STI LGV 21 - 15 STI Trichomonas vaginalis 192 Syphilis 771 ESCMID eLibrary © by author Epidemiology
ESCMID eLibrary © by author WHO estimates
• > 1 million STIs acquired every day • Estimates for 2012 (15-49 y): New cases per year 300
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0 Chlamydia Gonorrhoea Syphilis Trichomoniasis 1995 2005 2012
Newman L et al. Global Estimates of the Prevalence and Incidence of Four Curable Sexually Transmitted ESCMIDInfections in 2012 eLibraryBased on Systematic Review and Global Reporting. PLoS One, 2015,10. © by author ECDC
Chlamydia Syphilis Gonorrhoea
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual Epidemiological Reports. Stockholm: ECDC; ESCMID2017. eLibrary © by author ECDC
Chlamydia LGV (C. trachomatis L1–L3)
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual Epidemiological Reports. Stockholm: ECDC; ESCMID2017. eLibrary © by author ECDC
Chlamydia Syphilis Gonorrhoea
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual Epidemiological Reports. Stockholm: ECDC; ESCMID2017. eLibrary © by author ECDC
Chlamydia Syphilis Gonorrhoea
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual Epidemiological Reports. Stockholm: ECDC; ESCMID2017. eLibrary © by author Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG)
• Genital: urethritis, cervicitis • Anal: proctitis, no symptoms • Oral: often without symptoms -> reservoir
ESCMID eLibrary © by author Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG)
ESCMID eLibrary © by author NG resistance
Costa-Lourenço APRD et al. Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Braz J Microbiol. ESCMID2017;48(4):617 -628.eLibrary © by author Voting What is your treatment for NG? 1. CRO 250 mg i.m. 2. CIP 500 mg p.o. + AZM 500 mg p.o. 3. CFX 400 mg p.o. + AZM 2 g p.o 4. CRO 250 mg i.m. + AZM 1 g p.o. 5. CRO 500 mg i.m. + AZM 2 g p.o. 6. SPC 2 g p.o. + AZM 2 g p.o.
5568 ESCMID eLibrary © by author Voting What is your treatment for NG? 1. CRO 250 mg i.m. 2. CIP 500 mg p.o. + AZM 500 mg p.o. 3. CFX 400 mg p.o. + AZM 2 g p.o CRO is unavailable, or i.v. injection impossible 4. CRO 250 mg i.m. + AZM 1 g p.o. U.S. recommendation 5. CRO 500 mg i.m. + AZM 2 g p.o. European recommendation 6. SPC 2 g p.o. + AZM 2 g p.o. Allergy to cephalosporin, or resistance
ECDC 2015: 58% received appropriate dual therapy
Bignell C et al. 2012 European guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhoea in adults. Int J STD ESCMIDAIDS. 2013 Feb;24(2):85 eLibrary-92. © by author ECDC – NG resistance
Ceftriaxone: higher proportion of more susceptible gonococcal isolates CIP (>0.06) (MIC≤0.016 mg/L)
AZM (>0.5) CFX (>0.125)
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Europe, ESCMID2015. Stockholm: ECDC;eLibrary 2017. © by author NG resistance – MDR, XDR
Reports about XDR N. gonorrhoeae Penicillin G 1 (I) • 2011 first XDR NG in Japan Cefixime 4 (R) Ceftriaxone 2 (R) • 2012 three XDR cases in Spain Cefepime 16 (R) Ciprofloxacin >32 (R) Azithromycin 1 (R) High-level azithromycin-resistant NG (>256 mg) Spectinomycin 16 (S) Tetracycline 2 (R) • Sustained transmission, England 2014-2017 • 70 HL-AziR strains (all CRO susceptible) • 37 of same strain type -> de facto monotherapy; CRO not protected
Lewis DA. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2014;27(1):62-7 Unemo M. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012;56(3):1273-80 ESCMIDFifer H. et al. Lancet InfecteLibrary Dis. 2018 Mar 6. pii: S1473-3099(18)30122-1 © by author Case 2
Clinical data Diagnostic test? Therapy/Remarks
Proctitis
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Clinical data CT NG TPPA VDRL Therapy/Remarks
CT-NG-Proctitis, Ceftriaxon i.m. 500mg and no syphilis + + ± - Azithromycin p.o. 1 g symptoms No syphilis therapy
ESCMID eLibrary © by author Case 2
Clinical data CT NG TPPA VDRL Therapy/Remarks
CT-NG-Proctitis, Ceftriaxon i.m. 500mg and no syphilis + + ± - Azithromycin p.o. 2 g symptoms No syphilis therapy
Diagnosis of syphilis 2 month later: TPPA 1:2560; VDRL 1:16; IgM 2.37 ESCMID eLibrary © by author Case 2
Clinical data CT NG TPPA VDRL IgM Therapy/Remarks
CT-NG-Proctitis, Ceftriaxon i.m. 500mg and no syphilis + + ± - + Azithromycin p.o. 2 g symptoms No syphilis therapy
Diagnosis of syphilis 2 month later: TPPA 1:2560; VDRL 1:16; IgM 2.37 ESCMID eLibrary © by author Syphilis serology
Test Sensitivity (%)
Primary Secondary Early latent n=151 n=198 n=58
VDRL/RPR 58-62 97-100 88-96 TPPA 93-100 100 100 IgM 80-96 91-92 68-84
Knaute DF et al., Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;55(12):1615-22 ESCMIDBosshard PP, J Infect.eLibrary 2013 Jul;67(1):35-42 © by author Syphilis serology
Test Sensitivity (%)
Primary Secondary Early latent n=151 n=198 n=58
VDRL/RPR 58-62 97-100 88-96 TPPA 93-100 100 100 IgM 80-96 91-92 68-84 -100
Knaute DF et al., Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;55(12):1615-22 ESCMIDBosshard PP, J Infect.eLibrary 2013 Jul;67(1):35-42 © by author Syphilis serology
Zurich algorithm (modified reverse algorithm)
Treponemal test (TPPA)
Suspected primary syphilis: TPPA + IgM-ELISA
If positive
Confirmatory test (IgG-EIA), Non-treponemal test (RPR), IgM-EIA ESCMID eLibrary © by author Syphilis treatment
14th-19th century From 1941 on ESCMID eLibrary © by author Syphilis treatment
2014 European guideline • Early syphilis First line: Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM
• Late syphilis First line: 3x Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM ESCMIDJanier M et al. 2014eLibrary European guideline on the management of syphilis, JEADV, DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12734 © by author Syphilis treatment
2014 European guideline • Early syphilis First line: Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM
Second line: Procaine penicillin 600,000 units IM daily for 10-14 days Ceftriaxone 500mg-1 g subcutaneously or IV daily for 10 days Doxycycline 200 mg daily orally for 14 days Azithromycin 2 g oral single dose
• Late syphilis First line: 3x Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM ESCMIDJanier M et al. 2014eLibrary European guideline on the management of syphilis, JEADV, DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12734 © by author Syphilis treatment
MLST T. pallidum subsp. pallidum
• 3 loci (TP0136, TP0548 and TP0705) + 23S rDNA for macrolide r/s
• 120 Swiss and French clinical samples • TP0136, TP0548 and TP0705: 23 allelic profiles • 23S rDNA: 79% macrolide resistant
Grillova L et al. Molecular characterization of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum in Switzerland ESCMIDand France with a neweLibrary Multilocus Sequence Typing scheme. Submitted. © by author Case 3 (RM Cymerman et al.)
• 15 y.o. female, no medical history • Painful • Denies sexual activity
• DD – STI (sexual abuse?) – Non-infectious
ESCMIDCymerman RM et al.eLibrary International Journal of Dermatology 2017, 56, 361– 369 © by author Voting: what is the aetiology?
1. Syphilis 2. HSV 3. LGV 4. Impetigo 5. Behçet disease 6. Lipschütz’s ulcer
5592 ESCMID eLibrary © by author Case 3 (RM Cymerman et al.)
• 15 y.o. female, no medical history • Painful • Denies sexual activity
• Investigations: – STI negative – Bacteriology negative – EBV serology: IgG and IgM Reactive Nonsexually Related Acute Genital Ulceration (Lipschütz’s ulcer) ESCMIDCymerman RM et al.eLibrary International Journal of Dermatology 2017, 56, 361– 369 © by author Reactive Nonsexually Related Acute Genital Ulceration
Patients Symptoms Diagnostic criteria Treatment Young women, Genital painful ulcers, Reactive to EBV, CMV, Supportive therapy 10-19y single or multiple influenza, viral (analgesics and topical with lymphadenopathy, gastroenteritis, viral corticosteroids) after febrile illness respiratory infection, mumps, Lyme borreliosis
Self-resolving within 2-3 weeks
Also called Lipschütz’s ulcer
ESCMIDCymerman RM et al.eLibrary International Journal of Dermatology 2017, 56, 361– 369 © by author Other non-infectious aetiologies
Aetiology Symptoms Diagnostic criteria Treatment Behçet syndrome Oral aphthous and Recurrence, eye lesions, Spontaneous regression, genital ulcers cutaneous lesions, interferon, corticosteroids, pathergy test, histology cyclosporine A, anti-TNF, … Fixed drug Varied ulcerations Ulcers resolve after drug Self-limited, topical analgesics eruptions withdrawal or anti-inflammatory agents, as needed
Behçet Fixed drug eruption
Roett MA et al. American Family Physician, 2012;85:254 ESCMIDRios Scherrer MA eteLibrary al. An Bras Dermatol. 2017;92:452-464 © by author Case 4
• 18 y.o. female • Painful ulcers • Returned from Thailand 3 weeks ago • Protected oral and vaginal sex with a other Swiss tourist in Thailand
• DD?
ESCMIDLuchsinger I et al. eLibrarySex Transm Infect 2015;91:493–496 © by author Voting: what is the aetiology?
1. HSV 2. Impetigo (S. aureus) 3. Chancroid (H. ducreyi) 4. Fungal infection 5. Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis) 6. Contact dermatitis
5593 ESCMID eLibrary © by author Case 4
• 18 y.o. female • Painful ulcers • Returned from Thailand 3 weeks ago • Protected oral and vaginal sex with a other Swiss tourist in Thailand
• Herpes 1+2 PCR negative • STI screening negative (syphilis, HIV, CT/NG) • Bacteriology negative ESCMIDLuchsinger I et al. eLibrarySex Transm Infect 2015;91:493–496 © by author Case 4
• 18 y.o. female • Painful ulcers • Returned from Thailand 3 weeks ago • Protected oral and vaginal sex with a other Swiss tourist in Thailand
• Herpes 1+2 PCR negative • STI screening negative (syphilis, HIV, CT/NG) • Bacteriology negative ESCMIDLuchsinger I et al. eLibrarySex Transm Infect 2015;91:493–496 © by author Case 4
• Culture: Trichophyton mentagrophytes • Zoophilic
• Terbinafine 250 mg/d + local antiseptics and imazole cream • After 3 d without improvement: itraconazole 200 mg/d for 7 we • Healing with scars
ESCMIDLuchsinger I et al. eLibrarySex Transm Infect 2015;91:493–496 © by author ESCMID eLibrary © by author Tinea genitalis
• 7 patients with tinea genitalis with T. mentagrophytes • Sexual intercourse 1–2 weeks earlier in South East Asia • 4 male patients had sexual contacts with local prostitutes • All patients declared the use of condoms
• Infection that can be sexually transmitted (but not an STI)
• Additional cases, also autochthonous cases • In one presumably dog also infected
ESCMIDLuchsinger I et al. eLibrarySex Transm Infect 2015;91:493–496 © by author Tinea genitalis
ESCMIDLuchsinger I et al. eLibrarySex Transm Infect 2015;91:493–496 © by author Other rare infectious aetiologies
ESCMID eLibrary © by author Haemophilus ducreyi
Chancroid % of GUD cases, example Zimbabwe • 1979; 38% • 1995; 3% • 2017; 0%
• Similar decline (or virtual disappearance) in countries where it was previously endemic
ESCMIDMungati M et al. SexuallyeLibrary Transmitted Diseases, 2018;45:61 © by author Haemophilus ducreyi
Chronic skin ulceration in children and adults in the Pacific region and Africa
ESCMIDLewis DA and MitjaeLibraryO. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2016 Feb;29(1):52-7 © by author Haemophilus ducreyi
• Chronic skin ulceration in children and adults in the Pacific region and Africa
ESCMIDLewis DA and MitjaeLibraryO. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2016 Feb;29(1):52-7 © by author Haemophilus ducreyi
Yaws (T. pallidum ssp. pertenue) endemic region
Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu
ESCMIDLewis DA and MitjaeLibraryO. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2016 Feb;29(1):52-7 © by author Multiplex PCR
ESCMID eLibrary © by author Multiplex PCR
Home-brew assays
ESCMID eLibrary © by author Home-brew assay
1 Swab 1 PCR 4 Results; TP, HD, HSV1, HSV2
Pathogen Sensitivity, % (95% CI) Specificity, % (95% CI) T. pallidum 100 (88-100) 100 (97-100) Herpes simplex type 1 100 (82-100) 98 (95-99) Herpes simplex type 2 100 (77-100) 98 (95-100)
N = 229
ESCMIDGlatz M et al., Clin eLibraryMicrobiol Infect. 2014 Dec;20(12):O1020-7. © by author Home-brew assay
4 years of experience • 684 samples (51% genital swabs, 15% oral, 20% anal, 14% others)
Aetiology Requested PCR, Positive PCR, No. No. (%) TP 637 90 (14%) HSV1 383 35 (9%) HSV2 386 46 (12%) H. ducreyi 295 0
ESCMIDUnpublished eLibrary © by author Home-brew assay
4 years of experience (preliminary data)
PCR Serology + Serology – (active infection) (negative or serofast) TP + 51 12 TP - 1 probable 71 4 possible 5 healed ulcer
TP-PCR Sensitivity 93% Specificity 100% RPR Sensitivity 88% Specificity 69%
ESCMIDUnpublished eLibrary © by author Commercial assay urethritis/cervicitis
• AnyplexTM II STI-7, Seegene • 1575 samples (1167 cervical, 105 vaginal, 177 seminal, 126 male urethra)
ESCMIDDel Prete R et al. InfectioneLibrary (2017) 45:469–477. © by author POCT
• “Accurate and inexpensive POC tests are urgently needed to control the costly epidemics of STIs in the world today, so that patients can receive timely diagnoses and needed treatment for these infections” (Gaydos and Hardick)
• “POC test should be done in a population where traditional testing is not practical” (Morshed)
Gaydos C and Hardick J. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014 Jun;12(6):657-72 ESCMIDMorshed MG. Adv eLibraryExp Med Biol. 2014;808:51-64 © by author POCT
ESCMIDGaydos C and HardickeLibraryJ. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014 Jun;12(6):657 -72 © by author Dual POCT HIV/syphilis
Meta-analysis of dual POCT for HIV and syphilis
Test No. HIV Sens HIV Spec Syphilis Sens Syphilis Spec studies SD BIOLINE HIV/Syphilis Duo Test 12 >98 97-100 89-100 (1x 67) 91-100
MedMira Multiplo Rapid TP/HIV 4 >98 (1x 94) 92-100 81-95 93-100 Antibody Test Chembio DPP HIV/Syphilis Assay 6 >98 100 46-97 100
To be used as screening for pregnant women And MSM, transgender people, injecting drug users and sex workers More cost-effective and more effective at preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes than testing for HIV alone or using separate POCT for HIV and syphilis ESCMIDGliddon HD et al. SexeLibrary Transm Infect 2017;93:S3–S15 © by author Summary
• Incidence; CT, HIV ± constant; NG, Syphilis increasing • NG resistance; ± constant level, but MDR, XDR • Syphilis diagnostic algorithm • Syphilis macrolide resistance • H. ducreyi changing epidemiology • Rare infectious (Tinea genitalis) • Multiplex PCR • POCT ESCMID eLibrary © by author ESCMID eLibrary © by author Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) Genital painless ulcer
Unilateral lymphaden- pahty
C. trachomatis D-K LGV (C. trachomatis L1–L3) Ano-genital • Epidemic in Europe since 2003 ulcer • Mainly MSM • 70% HIV positive
ECDC. Annual Epidemiological Reports. Stockholm: ECDC; 2017. Latini A et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2017) 17:386 ESCMIDHaber R et al. Sexually eLibrary Transmitted Diseases (2017) 44:310 © by author Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)
Diagnosis 2 step procedure • 1. Commercial C. trachomatis PCR from rectal or genital swab, bubo aspirate • 2. LGV specific PCR (TaqMan real-time pcr)
Therapy • First line: Doxycycline, 100 mg orally twice daily for 21 days • Second line: Erythromycin base, 500 mg orally four times daily for 21 days • Also reported: Azithromycin, 2 g on days 1, 8, and 15 ESCMID eLibrary © by author