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Nurs 6630 -- Exam 1: Chapter47 STI Drugs test questions
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Syphilis
caused by Treponema pallidum, spread by direct contact of mucosal tissue
w/ infected lesions.
Syphillis
screen high-risk patients and all pregnant women.
Parenteral penicillin G is the drug of choice,
If patient is allergic, treat with 14 days of doxycycline or tetracycline
Benzathine penicillin G IM
The drug of choice for treatment of primary or secondary syphilis is
Primary
A solitary, painless chancre is most consistent with which of the following
stages of syphilis?
Gonorrhea
often co-infection w/ chlamydia,
Ceftriaxone 250mg IM one time ,
can use cefixime 400 mg PO once
Gonorrhea
resistant to fluroquinolones
Azithromycin 1 gram PO x 1 or Doxycycline 100mg twice daily for 7 days
When treating suspected gonorrhea in a nonpregnant patient, the patient
should be concurrently treated for chlamydia with:
3-6 months
Ongoing monitoring is essential after treating for gonorrhea. The patient
should be re-screened for gonorrhea and chlamydia in:
chlaymdia (chlamydia trachomatis)
, most common reported STI in the US
co-infection w/ Gonorrhea
tx: Azithromycin 1g as a single dose for 7 days or doxycycline 100mg twice
daily for 7 days
Chancroid
caused by Haemophilus ducreyi,
co- infection with HIV, syphilis, & HSV can occur
Chancroid
tx is initiated when:
1.) one or more painful ulcers
2.) negative tests for syphilis & herpes simplex virus (HSV)
3.) tender suppurative inguinal or regional lymphadenopathy
--oral azithromycin 1g or ceftriaxone 250 (IM)
or oral ciprofloxacin 500mg twice daily for 3 days
or erythromycin 500mg PO 3 times/day for 7 days
What medication would you anticipate prescribing a patient with a
chancroid lesion?
azithromycin 1g PO
---ceftriaxone 250mg IM, or erythromycin 500mg PO 3 times/day for 7 days
A pregnant woman contracts chancroid what anti-infective medication do
you consider prescribing?
Education: patients are re-examined 3-7 days after therapy is initiated.
--patients should have HIV testing done
--sexual partners are examined if they had sexual contact w/ patient in the
past 20 days
Syphilis and HIV testing at 3-month intervals
Jamie was treated for a chancroid. Follow-up testing after treatment of
chancroid would be:
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
Which medication is Pregnancy category C in possible chancroid
infections?
Granuloma Inguinale (Donoivanosis)
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