Sexually-transmitted infections

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Definition

• infections that are commonly transmitted by sexual activity
  • vaginal sex
  • anal sex
  • oral sex

Pathogen and disease

syphilis

• Treponema pallidum
  • one of 3 major spirochaetes - leptospirosis and borrelia
• 6 mil. new cases/2018
• higher in female sex worker and MSM
• diagnosis
  • non-treponemal - positive during active stage; sensitive, not specific
    • VDRL
    • RPR
  • treponemal - positive for lifelong; specific, not sensitive
    • TPHA
    • TPPA
    • FTA

	non-treponemal positive	non-treponemal negative
treponemal positive	active syphilis	past syphilis
treponemal negative	other active disease	nothing

• difficulty of microscopy - endemic treponematoses
  • T. pallidum - Syphilis
  • T. ssp pertenue - Yaws
  • T. pallidum spp. endemicum - Bejel
  • T. carateum - Pinta
• morphologically identical and serologically indistinguishable

• maternal syphilis
  • congenital syphilis
    • neonatal presentation - poor prognosis
    • postnatal presentation - fair prognosis
• importance of syphilis screening during pregnancy

genital herpes

• Herpes simplex

chancroid

• Haemophilus ducreyi
• Azithromycin

lymphogranuloma venerum (LGV)

• Chlamydia trachomatis L1,2,3
  • different serovars from genital chlamydiasis
• rare; increasing among MSM in Europe and US

donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)

• Krebsiella granulomatis
• India, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Caribbean
• microscopy shows Donovan bodies similar to lieschmania

Chlamydia trachomatis serovars A, B, Ba, C

• cervicitis and urethritis in females
• urethritis in males
• neonatal conjunctivitis
• classical ocular trachoma
• worldwide resistance against azithromycin

gonorrhea

• Neisseria gonorrhoea
• microscopic investigation tends to be false-negative in female gonorrhea

ophthalmia neonatorum

• etiology
  • gonorrhea
  • chlamydia
  • herpes simplex
  • and more

human papilloma virus

Epidemiology

• Syphilis in pregnancy > 350,000/year adverse birth outcome
• Cervical cancer due to HPV
• Infertility due to gonorrhea and chlamydia
• HIV, needless to say

• considerations
  • no significant non-human reservoirs
  • role of sexually active groups
  • highlye dependent upon human behavior

[math]\displaystyle{ R_0 = B \times C \times D }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ B }[/math]: transmission coefficient
• [math]\displaystyle{ C }[/math]: mean rate of partner change
• [math]\displaystyle{ D }[/math]: mean duration of infectiousness

• mode of propagation
  • core groups ⇄ bridging population ⇄ general population
  • size of each group differs among different countries

Presentations

genital ulcer

• herpes simplex
• syphilis
• chancroid
• donovanosis
• LGV
• undetermined

urethral discharge

• vaginal discharge
• inguinal swelling
• scrotal swelling
• lower abdominal pain
• neonatal conjunctivitis
• warts/carcinoma
• hepatitis
• fever

Treatment

• WHO has published Tx guidelines for each of STIs
• syndromic management algorithms, e.g. by MSF, are more effective in high STI burden situation without advanced diagnostics
  • disadvantages of over treatment
    • e.g. using penicillin, azithromycin and aciclovir for genital ulcer (against each of syiphilis, chancroid and HSV)
  • disadvantages for women
    • problems with partner notification; stigmatization
    • only symptomatic STIs treated

Control

• Primary prevention
  • risk reduction
  • condom distribution
  • health education
  • vaccine
• Secondary prevention
  • promote early healthcare seeking behavior
    • facility based
    • online self test; send self-sampling test kit
  • health education
  • contact tracing

[math]\displaystyle{ R_0 = B \times C \times D }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ B }[/math]: transmission coefficient ←condoms, education
• [math]\displaystyle{ C }[/math]: mean rate of partner change ←
• [math]\displaystyle{ D }[/math]: mean duration of infectiousness ←