1. STI, PID, Genital Tb
ARBAMINCH
UNIVERSITY,ETHIOPIA

2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The term denote disorders spread
principally by intimate contact:Sexual intercourse,
Close body contact, kissing, and anal
intercourse.
Transplacental spread,
Passage through the birth canal, and
Lactation during the neonatal period

3. Terminology
• WHO recommends that the term STD be
replaced by the term STI.
• STI has been adopted since 1999 as it
better incorporates asymptomatic
infections.
• Has also been adopted by a wide range of
scientific societies & publications.

4. Introduction
• the most common infectious diseases in the
most parts of the world
• five key points about all STDs today:

5. 1. STDs affect men and women of all
backgrounds and economic levels.
- They are most prevalent among
teenagers and young adults.
- Nearly two-thirds of all STDs occur in
people younger than 25 years of age.

6. continued
2. The incidence of STDs is rising
- Because in the last few decades, young people have become
sexually active earlier yet are marrying later.
- In addition, divorce is more common.
- The net result is that sexually active people today are more likely
to have multiple sex partners during their lives and are
potentially at risk for developing STDs.

7. continued
3 Most of the time, STDs cause no symptoms,
particularly in women.
- When and if symptoms develop, they may be confused
with those of other diseases not transmitted through
sexual contact.
- Even when an STD causes no symptoms, however, a
person who is infected may be able to pass the
disease on to a sex partner.
- recommend periodic testing or screening for people
who have more than one sex partner.

8. continued
4,
STDs tend to be more severe and more frequent
for women than for men,
- because the frequency of asymptomatic infection many women do not seek care until serious problems
have developed.
- Some STDs can spread to cause PID, which in turn
→ infertility & ectopic (tubal) pregnancy.
- may be associated with cervical cancer; HPV
- causes genital warts
- other genital cancers.

9. continued
5. STDs can be passed from a mother to her baby
before, during, or immediately after birth;
- When diagnosed and treated early, many STDs can be
treated effectively.
- Some infections have become resistant to the drugs
used to treat them and now require newer types of
antibiotics.

10. STD; microorganisms
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Long list
1. Transmitted by sexual route
(conventional STI)
2. Transmission described but less defined
evidence

11. Cont’d; Organisms transmitted sexually
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bacteria
N. gonorrhea
C. trachomitis
T. pallidum
H. ducreyi
C. granulomatis
U. urealyticum
•
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Viral
HIV
HSV
HBV
HPV
Molluscom
contagiosum virus
• Others
1. T. vaginalis

12. STDs; described but less defined for sexual transmission
•
Bacteria
1. M . hominis
2. G . vaginalis
•
1.
2.
3.
4.
•
1.
2.
Viral
CMV
HCV
HSV type 8
EBV
Others
C. albicans
S. scabiei

13. Sexually transmissible
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Gonococci and Chlamydia infections
Syphilis
Genital herpes
Papilloma virus infection
LGV, Chancroid and GI
Miscellaneous causes

14. Approaches to STD Dx & Rx
Three approaches
1. Laboratory based
2. Clinical without laboratory support
3. Syndromic Approach

15. Background
• Traditional approach to STD Dx and Rx
relies on laboratory diagnosis to determine
etiologic agents
Expensive
Involves delay in Dx and Rx
Depends on technician and lab accuracy
Often not available in resource poor settings
Requires quality control procedures

16. …Background
• Alternative approach – Clinical Dx
Presumptive Dx of one etiology based on
clinical findings
Often inaccurate and incomplete
• Similarities of Sn and Sx
• Misses Co-infection
• Atypical presentation - HIV

17. Definition
• Syndromic Management is a management approach
that uses clinical algorithms on an STD Syndrome, the
constellation of patient symptoms and clinical signs to
determine therapy.
• Algorithms are adapted to local STD prevalence
• Chooses antimicrobial agents to cover all the possible
pathogens responsible for the syndromes in the specific
geographic area.

18. Syndromic Management
History
 In 1991 WHO developed and started
advocating the syndromic approach to
address the limitation of aetiological (lab)
& presumptive(clinical) Dx & Mx

19. …Syndromic Management
Based On
 Recognition of relatively consistent and characteristic
combinations of easily elicited Sx and easily recognized
Sn (Syndromes) with which STD commonly presents
 Knowledge of the most common etiologies of different
syndromes
 Knowledge of antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
 Knowledge of behavioral & demographic characteristics
of people with STD

20. …Syndromic Management
Components
1. Identification and Rx of the Syndrome
2. Education and counseling on
- Rx compliance
- Risk reduction including condom use
1. Partner notification
2. Provision of condoms
3. VCT for HIV

21. Advantages
• Expedited care
• Cost savings – less technically demanding
• Increased client satisfaction
• Treatment at first visit
Decreases further transmission
Decreases complication
Eliminates need for return visit
• Decrease incidence of HIV (by 42% in Tanzania)

22. …Advantages
• Uses flow charts in case Mx which
Standardizes Dx,Rx, referral and reporting
Improves surveillance
Improves programme Mx
• High sensitivity
• Gives emphasis to non-medical aspects of
STD care

23. Disadvantages
• Inevitable over treatment (multiple antimicrobials
for single infection)
• Does not address subclinical and asymptomatic
STI
• High sensitivity is at the cost of specificity
• Doesn’t address poor health care seeking
behavior for STD Sx
• Works well with some syndromes (GU,UD) but
not as well with others (VD)

24. …Disadv.
• Rx with multiple drug might be expensive and
• The recommended drugs may not be available
• But, cost effectiveness increases further when
 Applied to high STD prevalence areas
 Long term cost of STD is considered
 Increased HIV transmission and continued
STD transmission is considered

25. Major STD Clinical Syndromes
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Genital ulcer
Urethral discharge
Abnormal vaginal discharge
Lower abdominal pain
Bubo inguinale(INGUINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY)
Scrotal swelling
Neonatal conjunctivitis

26. Genital Ulcer Disease (GUD)
•
Algorithms for GUD try to identify presence of
1. Herpes,
2. Syphilis and/or
3. Chancroid
• Frequency of causative agents differ in different
parts
• Review – syndromic treatment without lab
support showed high cure rate
 100% - Cote D’ivore
 64% - Zambia

27. Herpes Simplex Virus
– DNA virus
• remain in latent form
• other members of the family includes VZ, CMV ,EBV
• there are different antigenic strains
• but are divided in two:• Type1 = oral
• Type2 = genital
– primary infection occurs in child hood
– latent infection resides in the sensory ganglion of trigeminal,
sacral & vagal
– 50 -100% of adults have serologic evidence of HSV1
– 20-80% type2

28. HSV Cont…
• transmission = only by direct contact
• clinical disease
• painful papule followed by vesicle ,ulceration crusting
& healing
• more sever in women
• Primary Vs Recurrent
• primary episode
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–
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more symptomatic
incubation range 2-14 days
there is fever & lymphadenities
viral shedding & healing prolonged

29. HSV Cont…
• recurrent episode
– frequently have prodromal period signaling active viral
replication,
– lesions are often localized
– shedding is shorter
– recurrences is not usually from re infection but are
reaction of latent viruses

30. • Diagnosis
= mainly clinical
– Tissue culture
• best method but lengthy and costly
– ELISA testing 70%
– Direct immunofluoresent staining 75%
sensitive
= both the negative culture and smear
don't exclude infection

31. Syphilis
• organism characteristics & microbiology
– By treponema pallidum
– is tightly coiled a spirochete that can not be grown
– can invade intact mucous membrane or area of abraded skin .
• incidence and epidemiology
– the incidence is rising
– only 30% of patients exposed acquire the disease
– in those infected patients not taking medication 60% do develop
immune defense sufficient to control the infection
– the remaining will go to late and tertiary syphilis

32. • Clinical diseases
1. EARLY SYPHILIS
A = primary syphilis,
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painless chancre is the whole mark
it occurs at the site of inoculation
there is regional lymphadenopathy
incubation period 10-90 days
B = 20 syphilis
- mucocutaneous skin lesion 6-8weeks after the
original inoculation
- alopacia, hepatitis & nephrotic syndrome

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2. Latent syphilis
– characterized by serologic evidences but no clinical signs
&symptoms
– most patients are not infectious about 25% could have recent
skin lesion
– arbitrary division of this stage but has no clinical significance
with regard to treatment
– early latency (< 4 years from initial infection )
– late latency (>4 years )

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3. LATE SYPHILIS
• 5-30 years after initial infection
– there are three divisions
1. benign disease(gummas) - lesion occur in vital organs
– can be life threatening if they compromise the organ
2. cardiovascular disease - involvement of the heart and the aorta are
frequent dysfunction may cause serious problem
3. neurological diseases - three clinical syndromes of neurological
involvement
– asymptomatic disease no neurological manifestations but abnormal
CSF
– meningovascular disease the commonest manifestation is paresis ,
(tabis dorsalis)
– parenchymatous disease →dementia the commonest manifestation

35. • Diagnosis
A. Non treponemal specific test:• RPR (rapid plasma reagin) test,
• standard VDRL slide test,
B. Treponemal specific test;
• FTA-ABS; fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed (used
commonly for adults ),
• MHA_TP micro haemagglutination assay( for neonates)
C. Dark field microscopy
•
the higher the titer the higher the inflammatory reaction
•
false +ve tests in chronic illnesses
– e.g. leprosy
- auto immune diseases( lupus)
– pregnancy
- drug addiction

36. Chancroid
• Haemophilus ducreyi :- a gram negative
bacteria
• is a painful soft chancre ragged with raised
borders
• kissing ulcers do occur
• unilateral lymphadenopathy that may
suppurate
• incubation period is 2-5 days
• the organism is fastidious

37. …GUD
Genital ulcers
Patient complains of genital sore or ulcer
Examine
Ulcer present?
Yes
- Treat for syphilis and
chancroid
-Educate
-Counsel if needed
-Promote/provide condoms
-Partner management
-Advise to return in 7 days
-Educate
No
Vesicular/recurrent
lesion(s) present?
Yes
-Management of
herpes
-Educate
-Counsel if needed
-Promote/provide
condoms
No
-Counsel if
needed
-Promote/provide
condoms

38. …GUD
• Syphilis
 Recommended regimen
Benzantine Penicillin 2.4miu im singledose
Alternative regimen
Procaine Penicillin 1.2miu im for ten days
Penicillin allergy– TTC 500mg po qid/15d
or doxycycline 100mg po bid/15d

39. …GUD
• Chancroid
Recommended regimen
Erythromycin 500mg po qid/7days
Alternative regimen
Ciprofloxacin 500mg single dose or
Ceftriaxone 250mg im single dose or
Spectinomycin 2gm im single dose

40. …GUD
• Herpes – to modify course of symptoms
• 1st episode – acyclovir 200mg 5x per day /7
days(doesn’t appear to influence natural Hx of
recurrent disease)
• Recurrence – acyclovir 200mg tid continuously
for frequently recurring outbreaks(>6 per year)

41. Inguinal Bubo
• Inguinal adenopathy
• LGV (L1,L2,L3),
• Chancroid,
• G I (donovanosis) is
– Klebsiella granulomatis, formerly known as
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
• Common in the tropics as a cause of genital ulcer
• Men affected more than females
• Prostitution is reservoir
• Painful adenopathy

42. Inguinal Bubo, cont’d
• Rare systemic symptoms except LGV
• Common predisposing factor for the
spread of HIV
• Complications:
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Abscess formation
PID
Lymphatic obstruction
Stenosis
Infertility

43. Differential Diagnosis
• Infection in the lower limbs and
perineum
• Malignancy
• Herpes genitalis
• Syphilis

44. Inguinal Bubo
Enlarged and/or painful inguinal lymph nodes?
Examine
Ulcer(s) present?
Yes
No
- Treat for lymphogranuloma
venereum
-Educate
-Counsel if needed
-Promote/provide condoms
-Partner management
-Advise to return in 7 days
Use genital ulcers flow chart

45. …Inguinal Bubo
• Recommended regimen (LGV)
Doxycycline 100mg po bid/14 days or
TTC 500mg po qid/14 days
• Alternative regimen
Erythromycin 500mg po qid/14 days or
Sulfadiazine 1gm qid/ 14 days
• Aspirate fluctuant lymph nodes through normal
skin
• Incision and drainage or excision of nodes is
contraindicated

46. Vaginal Discharge (VD)
• Most difficult syndrome to diagnose
• Either vaginitis or cervicitis
• Cervicitis- N.gonorrhea
- C.trachomatis
• Vaginitis - Trichomonas vaginalis
- Candida albicans
- Bacterial vaginosis
• Effective management of cervicitis is more important from
patient point of view b/c of serious sequele

47. …VD
• VD is not an adequate indicator of any particular
STD making it a poor algorithm entry point
• Use of risk assessment has shown to improve
performance of syndromic management
algorithms
• The probability of correct Rx of STI relative to
probability of overtreatment is increased

48. …VD
• Risk scores use variables that are common risk
predictors for STD
Young age less than 21
Multiple partners
Partner has urethral discharge
New partner in the past three months
Patient is single
• Need adaptation to local,social and behavioral
conditions and should be periodically updated

49. …VD
Vaginal Discharge
Patient complains of vaginal discharge
(vaginal itching)
partner symptomatic or
specific risk factors positive?
No
Yes
-Treat for cervical and vaginal infections
-Educate
-Counsel if needed
-Promote/provide
condoms
-Partner
management
-Return if
necessary
-Treat for vaginal infection
-Educate
-Counsel if needed
-Promote/provide
condoms

50. …VD
Vaginal Discharge (with speculum)
Patient complains of vaginal discharge
(vaginal itching)
partner symptomatic or specific
risk factors positive?
No
Yes
Treat for cervical infection plus vaginal infection
according to speculum examination findings
Mucopus from
Cervix?
Profuse
VD?
Curd-like
VD?
- Treat for cervical & - Treat for trichomonas - Treat for
vaginal infections
& bacterial vagionosis
Speculum and bimanual
vaginal examinations
No
discharge?
-Educate
candida
-Counsel if
needed
-Educate
needed
-Educate
-Educate
-Counsel if
-Counsel if
-Counsel if
needed
-promote/prov-
needed
Cervical
motion
tenderness
present?
Use flowchart for
lower
abdominal
pain

51. …VD
Treatment
Cervicitis (Gonorrhea & Chlamydia)
Recommended regimen
Ciprofloxacin 500mg po single dose or
Ceftriaxone 250mg im single dose or
Cefixime 400mg po single dose or
Spectinomycin 2gm im single dose
Plus
Doxycycline 100mg po bid/7 days or
TTC 500mg po qid / 7 days or
Erythromycin (pregnant)

52. …VD
Vaginitis
Recommended regimen
metronidazole 2gm PO single dose or
metronidazole 500mg PO bid/7 days
plus
Nystatin 100,000 IU intra vaginally once/14 d, or
Clotrimazole 200mg once daily/3 days, or
Clotrimazole 500mg single dose

53. Lower Abdominal Pain (LAP)
Patient complains of lower abdominal pain
Take history and examine
(abdominal and vaginal)
No
Temp 38°C or Pain during
examination (on moving cervix)
No
Missed/overdue
or Vaginal discharge
period or
Yes
Recent delivery
- Treat for PID
/abortion or
-Educate
Rebound
-Counsel if
tenderness or
needed
Guarding or
-Promote/provide condoms
Vaginal bleeding
-Partner
Follow up after 3 days or
management
Yes
sooner if pain persists
Refer
No
Refer
Yes
Continue Rx
Improved?
Follow
up if
pain
persists

54. PID
• PID refers to acute infection of the upper
genital tract (above the internal cervical os)
• community-acquired Vs Iatrogenic
• USA - annually 2.5 million outpatient visits,
• 200,000 hospitalizations, and
• 100,000 surgical procedures
• incurs an annual total expense of more than
$5 billion

55. • Acute PID= attributed to an ascending
spread of microorganisms from the
vagina and endocervix.
• Acute PID Vs Acute salpingitis
– are often used interchangeably,
– but PID is not limited to tubal infection only.
• A more descriptive term = (UGTI).
– Severity & Extent of disease
• This is differentiated from (LGTI) because
response to treatment appears to be
different in these two entities.

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Etiology
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia
trachomatis serovars D-K
common cause of PID = 1/3rd each;
However, most = polymicrobial infection
caused by ascending infection
15% of infections occur after procedures
that break the cervical mucous barrier
C. trachomatis etiologic role is very
different from N. gonorrhea

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N. Gonnorrhea
Gram-negative IC
diplococcus
rapid cycle 20 to 40
minutes to divide
rapid and intense
inflammatory
response
Less complication
Early Rx
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C.Trachomatis
is a slow-growing
intracellular organism.
lack of mitochondria
growth cycle 48 to 72
hours
does not induce a
rapid or violent
inflammatory
response
destruction by rupture
Delayed Rx

58. Initial PID →
• tissue damage provides fertile ground for
the growth of secondarily infecting aerobic
and anaerobic bacteria.
• This necrotic tissue is an excellent growth
medium, and
• the epithelial damage enhances the
breakdown of the surface defense
mechanisms

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Classification:Post STI / menustral
Post abortal
Post Partum
Post Instrumentation
IUD – Related
Secondary PID

60. • Risk Factors
1. STI
2. Age
– Adolescent 1:8 Vs 1:80 for a sexually active >24, b/c
columnar epithelium
3. Contraceptives
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IUDs = threefold to fivefold
Barriers = ↓ 60%
OCP = ↓ risk, good Px fertility
previous tubal ligation = 1/450;
4. Instrumentation ex. 1/200 induced abortion
5. Previous acute PID = 25 %,
- partner treatment

61. Diagnosis:I. A minimal set of clinical criteria has been
recommended by the CDC for empirical treatment of
PID, including
 Cervical motion tenderness or uterine or adnexal
tenderness in the presence of lower abdominal or pelvic
pain. The following additional criteria can also be used to
support a clinical diagnosis of PID:
1. Oral temperature >101° F (>38.3° C)
2. Abnormal cervical or vaginal mucopurulent discharge
3. Presence of abundant numbers of white blood cells
(WBCs) on saline microscopy of vaginal secretions
4. Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
5. Elevated C-reactive protein

62. Diagnosis:II. Considered "confirmed" cases:
 Patients with pelvic pain and tenderness and any one or
more of the following are:
1. Acute or chronic (plasma cell) endometritis or acute
salpingitis on histologic evaluation of a biopsy
2. Demonstration of N. gonorrhoeae or C. trachomatis in
the genital tract
3. Gross salpingitis visualized at laparoscopy or laparotomy
4. Isolation of pathogenic bacteria from a clean specimen
from the upper genital tract
5. Inflammatory/purulent pelvic peritoneal fluid without
another source

63. Diagnosis:III. The "definitive" diagnosis of PID in symptomatic
patients:
 One or more of the following three findings are required:
1. Histologic evidence of endometritis in a biopsy
2. An imaging technique revealing thickened fluid-filled
tubes/oviducts with or without free pelvic fluid or
tuboovarian complex
3. Laparoscopic abnormalities consistent with PID (eg,
tubal erythema, edema, adhesions; purulent exudate or
cul-de-sac fluid; abnormal fibriae)

64. DDX:1. Gastrointestinal: Appendicitis, cholecystitis,
constipation, gastroenteritis, inflammatory bowel disease
2. Renal: Cystitis, pyelonephritis, nephrolithiasis, urethritis
3. Obstetric/Gynecologic: Dysmenorrhea, ectopic
pregnancy, intrauterine pregnancy complication, ovarian
cyst, ovarian torsion, ovarian tumor

65. Laboratory tests —
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Pregnancy test
Microscopic exam of vaginal discharge in saline
Complete blood counts
Nucleic acid amplification tests for chlamydia and
gonococcus
• Urinalysis
• Fecal occult blood test
• C-reactive protein (optional)

66. Investigations cont....
• Laparoscopy is limited as a method of diagnosing the
early stages of PID, but it is important to rule out nonPID surgical emergencies, such as appendicitis, and
other entities requiring different treatment modalities,
such as endometriosis.
• Endometrial biopsy is one alternative to laparoscopy.
However, results may be delayed up to 2 to 3 days,
making its clinical applicability limited.
• Ultrasonography is of limited value for patients with
mild or moderate pelvic PID.
• Culdocentesis, with evidence of purulent peritoneal
fluid, is helpful in the diagnosis of acute PID.

67. Recommendations — Despite this reservation about the
CDC criteria for the diagnosis of PID, it strongly agree
with the recommendation that "health care providers
should maintain a low threshold for the diagnosis of PID"
and that sexually active young women with the
combination of lower abdominal, adnexal, and cervical
motion tenderness should receive empiric treatment.

68. Complications: Early
• Sepsis → MOF → Death( ruptured TOA = 10 %)
• Surgical morbidity (TOA)
 Late
• Infertility = 20% ,if no Rx 50% to 70%
• Ectopic Pregnancy = 6-10X higher; 12 %;
( due to interference of ovum transport through the tube or entrapment of
the ovum secondary to microscopic tubal damage).
• Chronic pelvic Pain = 4x increases (20% vs. 5%)
• Chronic PID
• Psychological consequences

69. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome,
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Perihepatic inflammation and adhesions,
•
It manifests as a patchy purulent and fibrinous exudate in the acute
phase ("violin string" adhesions),
•
most prominently affecting the anterior surfaces of the liver (not the
liver parenchyma). Thus, aminotransferases are also usually
normal
•
develop in 1% to 10% of acute PID.
•
RUQ- pain & tenderness, pleuritic pain,
•
DDX = acute cholecystitis or pneumonia.
•
Develop from vascular or transperitoneal dissemination of either N.
gonorrhoeae or C. trachomatis to produce the perihepatic
inflammation.

70. Treatment
• based on the consensus that PID is
polymicrobial in cause.
• Empirical antibiotic protocols should cover
a wide range of bacteria
• Oral therapy can be considered for women
with mild to moderately severe acute PID

71. Grading of severity
Clinical system
Grade I:
Disease limited to the adnexae
Grade II: PID with an inflammatory mass
Grade III: Ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess
Operative system
Mild:
Erythema and edema of the adnexae
Moderate: Purulent exudate from fallopian tubes
Severe:
Pyosalpinx, inflamatory complex, TOA

72. CDC-Recommended Treatment Regimens for Oral
Therapy
•
Regimen A
- Levofloxacin 500 mg orally once daily for 14 days
OR
- Ofloxacin 400 mg orally once daily for 14 days
WITH OR WITHOUT
- Metronidazole 500 mg orally twice a day for 14 days
•
Regimen B
- Ceftriaxone 250 mg IM in a single dose or Cefoxitin 2 g IM in a single dose or
(Other parenteral third-generation cephalosporin (e.g., ceftizoxime or cefotaxime)
PLUS
- Doxycycline 100 mg orally twice a day for 14 days
WITH OR WITHOUT
- Metronidazole 500 mg orally twice a day for 14 days

73. Criteria for Hospitalization
• Surgical emergencies (such as appendicitis)
cannot be excluded.
• Pregnant.
• No response clinically to oral therapy.
• Unable to follow or tolerate oral regimen.
• Has severe illness, nausea and vomiting, or high
fever.
• The patient has a tuboovarian abscess.
• Adolescents??
• HIV / Aids??

74. Criteria for Hospitalization
• Adolescents?? In the past, the CDC has suggested that all
adolescents with salpingitis be hospitalized because of their :
 high noncompliance rate and to optimize treatment to prevent
damage to the reproductive tract, which could affect future fertility
and result in chronic pelvic pain.
• HIV / Aids?? The microbiologic findings for HIV-positive and
HIV-negative women were similar, except for
 (a) higher rates of concomitant M. hominis, candida, streptococcal,
and HPV infections and
 (b) HPV-related cytologic abnormalities among those with HIV
infection.
Whether the management of immunodeficient HIV-infected women with
PID requires more aggressive interventions (e.g., hospitalization or
parenteral antimicrobial regimens) had not been determined.

75. CDC-Recommended Parenteral Treatment
Regimen A
- Cefotetan 2 g IV every 12 hours
OR
- Cefoxitin 2 g IV every 6 hours
PLUS
- Doxycycline 100 mg orally or IV every 12 hours
Regimen B
- Clindamycin 900 mg IV every 8 hours
PLUS
- Gentamicin
• D/C IV 24 hours after a patient improves clinically;
• Continue oral therapy
– doxycycline 100 mg orally twice a day or
– Clindamycin 450 mg orally four times a day
•
complete a total of 14 days of therapy

76. • Male sex partners of women with PID should be
examined and treated
• Education for the prevention of reinfection,
• Proper contraception
Surgical Mx
• Laparascopy (helpful procedure for diagnosis, prognosis, and possibly
treatment of PID).
• Laparatomy (for patients with surgical emergencies such as ruptured abscesses or
definitive treatment of failed medical management).
• Colpotomy (posterior colpotomy is done to evacuate pus and to establish drainage from
a pelvic abscess that presents in the cul-de-sac).
• Percutaneous drainage

77. Colpotomy
There are three requirements for colpotomy drainage of a
pelvic abscess.
1. The abscess must be midline or nearly so.
2. The abscess should be adherent to the cul-de-sac
peritoneum and should dissect the rectovaginal septum
to assure the surgeon that the drainage will be
extraperitoneal and that pus will not be disseminated
transperitoneally.
3. The abscess should be cystic or fluctuant to ensure
adequate drainage.

78. Pelivic Tuberculosis
• it is a frequent cause of chronic PID and
infertility in developing world
• produced primarily by either: -
– Mycobacterium tuberculosis or
– Mycobacterium bovis
• The fallopian tubes = predominant site
• spread to the endometrium → ovaries.

79. Female reproductive tract are usually
infected by:1. Hematogenous miliary spread from a primary
pulmonary lesion,
2. Hematogenous spread from a secondary
miliary site
3. Lymphatic spread from a primary pulmonary
site to intestinal lymph nodes and then to the
pelvis,
4. Direct extension from adjacent abdominal
organs
5. A venereal transmission

80. Pathology of Pelvic Tuberculosis
• Both fallopian tubes are involved
• Tuberculous endometritis = 50%.
• Tuberculosis of cervix is present in 5%
• The vagina and vulva = 2%
• Ovaries = only surface involvment.
• The mucosa of tubes may not be involved
• 38% of women with genital tuberculosis had
previously had tuberculosis in other organs,
usually the lungs

81. Clinical Features
• most often = 20 and 40 years
• Chronic pelvic pain,
• Inflammatory Pelvic Mass
• General malaise, low grade fever
• Menstrual irregularity (50%), and infertility
• Amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea = 27%
• Failure of fever to subside with high doses of
broad-spectrum antibiotic
• 10-20 % of pts with pulmonary Tb have pelvic Tb

82. Diagnosis
• Mainly clinical
• Biopsy
– dilatation and curettage or endometrial biopsy
– From cervical ulcer
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HSG
Culture – menstrual blood, luteal phase
Laparatomy / Laparoscopy
Acid-fast stains of tissue
Other studies ex. CXR, Culture etc…

83. • Treatment
A. Medical
• Daily INH, RIF, and PZA for 8 wk, followed by 16
wk of INH and RIF daily or 2 - 3 times/wk
• Other DOT regimens ex.:• Daily INH, RIF, PZA, and SM or EMB for 2 wk,
then administer the same drugs 2 times/wk for 6
wk (by DOT).
– Next, administer INH and RIF 2 times/wk for 16 wk
(by DOT).

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B. Surgical
1. Persistence or enlargement of an adnexal
mass after 4 to 6 months of antituberculous
antibiotic therapy.
2. Persistence of pelvic pain or recurrence of
pelvic pain while on medical therapy
3. Primary unresponsiveness of the tuberculous
infection to antibiotic therapy
4. Difficulty in obtaining patient cooperation for
continued long-term therapy

85. Thank You all