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Gonococcal Urethritis (other diseases: conjunctivitis - including neonatal; disseminated endocarditis; meningitis)
Diagnostics: gram stain, culture (selective: Thayer-Martin VCN) |
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Chlamydia trachomatis (most common STD)
(#2 US colleges |
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Non-Gonococcal Urethritis (other diseases: conjunctivitis - including neonatal, pneumonia; Reiter's & Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndromes; Lymphogranuloma venereum
Diagnostics: immunofluorescence, Giesma stain (cannot be grown in artificial media) |
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| Treponema pallidum (Syphilis, "the pox") |
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Genital lesions (other diseases: latent syphilis - 25%; tertiary syphilis - 33%, cardio and neural; contenital - contracted in utero)
Diagnostics: immunofluorescence; ELISA; cannot be cultured on artificial media; silver stain |
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Herpes Simplex Virus-1 and 2 (HSV)
(#3 US colleges( |
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Genital lesions (other diseases: reactivation; herpatic keratitis of the eye; encephalitis and neonatal herpes)
Diagnostics: PCR; fluorescent antibodies; viral culture - Tzanck prep |
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| Haemophilus ducreyi (Chancroids) |
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Genital lesions
Diagnostics: gram stain; culture; differential (syphilis - painless ulcer; herpes - painful ulcer; LGV - painless ulcer |
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Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
(#1 US colleges) |
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Genital warts (other diseases: cervical cancer)
Diagnostics: symptoms, often resolve and return |
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