Vaginal Discharge And STD
Vaginal Discharge And STD
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Diagnosis<br />
• Viral culture of lesion = standard dx method<br />
– Unroof alcohol wiped vesicle with needle and remove<br />
fluid with cotton swab and place in viral culture<br />
medium<br />
• Serology<br />
– a ffourfold f ld or greater t rise i in i antibody tib d titers tit is i observed b d<br />
between acute and convalescent sera in patients with<br />
primary p y infection<br />
– HSV subtypes helpful in predicting risk of recurrence
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