STD
Transmission
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Screening/Risks
Complications
Treatment
Chlamydia
-Chlamydia
trachomatis invades
the mucous
membranes of
mouth, anus, throat,
vagina, or urethra
-ejaculation not
necessary
-men: discharge,
testicular pain,
prostate pain
-women:
discharge, pelvic
pain, irregular
bleeding, burning
with urination,
pain with
intercourse
-swab of urethra,
cervix, rectum
-NAAT (for men)
-urethra, rectal, or
pharyngeal culture
for MSM
-women <25 years
old
-all
pregnant
women at first
prenatal visit
-MSM
-PID
-infertility
-ectopic pregnancy
-men: not many
complications
-babies: blindness, lung
infection
-antibiotics
-retest women in 3
months
-sexual partner
should be treated
Gonorrhea
-Neisseria
gonorrhoeae invades
the mucous
membranes of the
mouth, throat, anus,
urethra, or vagina
-ejaculation not
necessary
-men: discharge,
testicular pain,
painful urination
-women: bleeding,
itching, painful
urination,
discharge
-Swab of the
cervix, urethra,
throat, rectum and
culture
-NAAT
-pharynx and rectal
culture
-screen sexually
active women
-MSM
-joint infection
-arthritis
-infertility
-PID
