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Boards Fodder Infectious Diseases of Genitalia by Christina Kraus, MD, Sama Kassira Carley, MD, and Lance Chapman, MD, MBA boards fodder Infectious diseases of genitalia by Christina Kraus, MD, Sama Kassira Carley, MD, and Lance Chapman, MD, MBA INFECTIOUS GENITAL ORGANISM CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS MANAGEMENT COMMENTS CONDITIONS Bacteria Gonorrhea Neisseria gonor- Men: dysuria, purulent discharge; Path: Epidermal necrosis Ceftriaxone 250mg single dose IM 10% of men and 50% rhoeae +/- testicular pain and swelling. sometimes with pustules, + azithromycin 1 gm PO x1. of women infected Women: purulent discharge, neutrophilic inflammatory with gonorrhea are dysuria; +/- edema, tenderness reaction, extravasated RBCs. asymptomatic. Com- of Bartholin’s glands; +/- ab- Micro: Gram negative diplo- monly co-infected dominal pain, and fever (PID). cocci on gram stain; culture with chlamydia. Disseminated: acute asymmetric (gold standard), molecular arthritis, fevers, hemorrhagic test (PCR). pustules in distal extremities. Syphilis/condyloma lata Treponema Primary stage: Weeks to months Path: Dense Th1 immune Primary: Benzathine penicillin FTA-ABS is the first pallidium after infection. Non-tender response with treponemes, 2.4 million units single dose; test to become posi- ulceration (chancre) with LAD. +plasma cells. Secondary procaine penicillin 1.2 million tive and stays positive Secondary stage: 6 months, mal- stage +/- granulomatous. units daily for 10 days. Alterna- for life. aise, fever, lymphadenopathy, and Tuberculoid granulomas in tives: Doxycyline, tetracycline, disseminated rash +/- palmo- tertiary. Non-treponemal ceftriaxone, azithromycin. Latent: plantar. Tertiary stage: Months tests: VDRL, RPR. Become Benzathine penicillin 2.4 million to years, spread to skin, bones, negative with treatment. units weekly for 3 doses; procaine CNS, ocular, and CV system. Treponemal tests: TTPA, penicillin 1.2 million units daily Development of gummas (eroded FTA-ABS, FTA-ABS-19S-IgM for 20 days. Alternatives: Doxycy- plaques). (higher specificity), SPHA. cline, tetracycline. Neurosyphilis or ocular syphilis: Aqueous IV penicillin 3-4 million units q4h for 10-14 days. Alternatives: Ceftriax- one or desensitization. Chancroid Haemophilus Papule -> pustule -> tender Path: 1st zone: necrotic Azithromycin 1 g single dose. Chancroids are an ducreyi genital ulcer with tender LAD. debris with neutrophils; 2nd important risk factor Multiple or giant variants. zone: granulation tissue; 3rd for acquiring HIV. Co- Christina Men: shaft of penis or prepuce. zone: infiltrate of plasma infection with syphilis Women: introital area. cells and lymphocytes. or HSV is common. Kraus, MD, is a Micro: Gram stain with PGY-3 dermatology “school of fish” or railroad track small gram-negative resident at UC Irvine. bacilli; culture. Lymphogranuloma Chlamydia Primary: Herpetiform lesion at Path: Ulceration with mixed Doxycycline 100mg BID or eryth- Exclude other causes venereum trachomatis exposure site which heals spon- infiltrate with multinucleated romycin 500mg QID for 3 weeks. of genital ulcers dur- serovars L1-3 taneously on coronal sulcus in giant cells, +/- abscesses. ing workup. men and posterior vaginal wall in Stellate abscessed in lymph women. Mild dysuria or tender- nodes. Giemsta stain show- ness, +/- LAD. Secondary: Uni- ing Gamma-Favre bodies. lateral, red, tender LAD (bubo) Micro: Chlamydia-specific with rupture with drainage. Late: PCR, more sensitive than ano-genito-rectal syndrome with culture. anogenital fistulas and LAD. Granuloma inguinale Klebsiella Small nodule that progresses to Path: Ulceration with granu- Azithromycin 1 g PO once weekly Extra-genital lesions (donovanosis) granulomatis a large ‘beefy’ ulcer, tendency to lation tissue, PEH at edges, for at least 3 weeks or until all affecting skin, bones, bleed, malodorous. Most com- neutrophilic abscesses. lesions heal. abdominal cavity, and monly on penis or vulva. Giemsa, Wright, or leishman oral cavity have been stain for Donovan bodies reported. Micro: Smears from tissue Sama Kassira showing Donovan bodies. Perianal streptococcal Group A beta- Perianal bright red well-demar- Bacterial culture of skin to Oral penicillin (unless S. aureus Most often seen in Carley, MD, is a dermatitis hemolytic Strepto- cated patches, associated with confirm microbe. is identified) or oral cefuroxime pediatric patients. PGY-3 dermatology coccus (can also pruritus. +/- painful defecation, (+ test of cure) for 2-3 weeks. Can be caused by fissures, exudate, erosions. add topical mupirocin ointment. resident at UC Irvine. Group B strep and staphylococcus aureus) Erythrasma Corynebacterium Clinically, may mimic tinea Path: Perivascular infiltrate Erythromycin 500 mg BID for 7-14 Coral-red fluores- minutissimum cruris. Well-demarcated pink to of lymphocytes. Gram stain days. Alternatives: topical eryth- cence under wood’s brown plaques with fine scale in will reveal gram-positive romycin, topical clindamycin, lamp due to copro- crural creases. Common in warm rods in cornified layer. topical fusidic acid. porphyrin III. climates. Wood’s lamp: Fluoresces coral-red. Bullous impetigo Staphylococcus Flaccid blisters or pustules Bacterial culture of skin Limited disease - mupirocin S. aureus can be cul- aureus (sometimes only collarette noted) confirming S. aureus. Sub- cream or ointment. Otherwise tured at site of lesion which can involve genital area corneal split (desmoglein 1). antistaphylococcal antibiotic such (unlike in staphylo- and proximal thighs. as doxycycline or clindamycin. coccal scalded skin syndrome). Usually caused by S. aureus, phage II, type 71. Reactive arthritis Immune response Red plaques with pustules, scale, Should be tested for HIV and If infection present, treatment HLA-B27 positivity is Lance (previously called Reiter often precipitated crusts on hands, feet, genitalia chlamydia and stool cultures should ensue. Mild disease - common. Chapman, syndrome) by one of the fol- (keratoderma blenorrhagicum af- performed if diarrhea. NSAIDs at anti-inflammatory lowing infectious fects palms/soles). Small ulcers doses or topical CS (circinate MD, MBA, is a agents: yersinia on shaft or glans penis. Associ- balanitis usually improves procedural fellow at enterocoliticia, ated with arthritis, conjunctivi- with low-potency topical CS). neisseria gonor- ties, urethritis or cervicitis. Moderate to severe disease - oral UCSF. rhoeae, chlamycia methotrexate or cyclosporine or trachomatis, biologics. shigella flexneri, ureaplasma urea- lyticum, campylo- bacter fetus. p. 4 • Fall 2018 www.aad.org/DIR boards fodder Infectious diseases of genitalia (continued) by Christina Kraus, MD, Sama Kassira Carley, MD, and Lance Chapman, MD, MBA INFECTIOUS GENITAL ORGANISM CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS MANAGEMENT COMMENTS Boards CONDITIONS Viruses Fodders Genital herpes Herpes simplex Painful grouped vesicles on an Path: Enlarged gray Acyclovir 400mg TID 7-10 days; Genital lesions are virus 2 > 1 erythematous base. May progress keratinocytes that progress to valacyclovir 500mg QD 3 days; frequently asymp- online! to ulceration with crusting. May multinucleated giant cells, bal- famciclovir 1g x1. May be used in tomatic. lead to extra-genital lesions, uri- looning degeneration, Cowdry HIV+ patients as well. If 6 or more nary retention, aspetic meningitis. A inclusions, dense mixed outbreaks per year or seronega- infiltrate, may have extensive tive partner, chronic suppressive epidermal necrosis. Micro: Viral therapy. Acyclovir resistant: culture, DFA, Tzanck smear. foscarnet, cidofovir. Condyloma acuminatum Human Variety of clinical presentations. May Acetic acid can be applied to Cryotherapy, TCA, electrocautery, High-risk genotypes: papillomavirus be solitary or clustered, can be warty whiten lesions. Path: epider- podophyllotoxin, imiquimod, 16, 18, 31, 33, and 35. or flat or papular. May be white, pink, mal acanthosis, koilocytes. surgical excision, laser surgery, Low-risk: 6 and 11. skin-colored, pigmented. PCR to identify type. sinecatechins. In addition to this EBV or CMV-associated Epstein-barr Aphthous-appearing ulcers in Viral culture or PCR revealing EBV: Usually supportive. CMV: Both are types of ulcers virus or immunocompetent patients. The virus or IgM antibodies, ganciclovir or valganciclovir. human herpesviruses. issue’s Boards Fodder, Cytomegalovirus ulcers are usually deeper, larger respectively. Foscarnet and cidofovir are EBV is HHV4. CMV is you can download and more friable in immunocom- second-line agents. HHV5. promised patients. the new online Molluscum Molluscum White to skin-colored dome Path: Henderson-Patterson No treatment vs topical treatment. Immunocompro- Boards Fodder at contagiosum contagiosum virus shaped papules and nodules, inclusion bodies. Curretage. Cryotherapy, canthari- mised patients are www.aad.org/ (a DNA poxvirus) some with central dell. din, imiquimod. at increased risk of infection and when Directions. affected, have more diffuse involvement. Want more on geni- Kaposi sarcoma Human Red, brown, or purple papules or Path: promontory sign, Topical retinoids, excision, Genital lesions occa- herpesvirus type 8 patches or nodules. slit-like vascular spaces. cryotherapy (2 freeze cycles), sionally occur and can tals? Go online for radiation, intralesional vincristine involve penile shaft or a special Boards or bleomycin, initation of ART if suprapubic area. Few patient with AIDS. reports of involvement Fodder extended of female genitalia. chart by this issue's Fungi authors: Cutaneous candidiasis Candida albicans Red plaques, often with satellite Microscopic exam demon- Topical azoles such as clotrima- Genital (non-
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