FNP Board Review: STIs

What STI is often associated with no symptoms in women, but can cause chronic pelvic pain and infertility? - Answer- Chlamydia What STI is screened using an ELISA or EIA? - Answer- HIV In what STI is the screening test negative during the initial flu-like illness? - Answer- HIV If HIV is suspected during an acute flu-like illness, what test should be ordered? - Answer- NAT (Nucleic Acid Test) What STDs produce a malodorous vaginal discharge? - Answer- Bacterial vaginosis Trichomoniasis What STIs is NAAT used for screening? - Answer- Gonorrhea Chlamydia What STI is asymptomatic in 75% of women and can cause chronic pelvic pain and infertility? - Answer- Chlamydia What STI has been increasing, especially in women, since the mid 2000s? - Answer- Syphilis What is the term for the initial painless lesion associated with syphilis? - Answer- Chancre What's another term for syphilis? - Answer- Treponema pallidum What STI is treated with 2.4 million units of penicillin, IM (Hint: treatment for early disease)? - Answer- Syphilis What STI is treated with 3 doses of benzathine penicillin spaced at weekly intervals? (Hint: treatment for late or unknown duration of this disease) - Answer- Syphillis What STI is associated with a positive whiff-amine test? - Answer- Bacterial Vaginosis For which STI does the CDC recommend treating this "sexually associated vaginal infection in women who are asymptomatic? - Answer- Bacterial vaginosis What birth control method used by men increases BV cure rates? - Answer- Condoms What confirmatory test replaces the western blot? - Answer- Antibody differentation immunoassay