- COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
- Consider if patient presents with genital ulcer.
- SPECIMEN TYPES:
- SWAB
- Genital Ulcer/Lesion, Vaginal, Cervical/Endometrial, Rectal/Anal/Peri-Anal, Oropharynx/Throat/Oral, Ulcer/lesion
- BACTERIAL
Chlamydia trachomatis
Haemophilus ducreyi
Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
- VIRAL
Herpes simplex virus 1
Herpes simplex virus 2
Mpox (Monkeypox)
Varicella zoster virus (Human Herpesvirus 3, VZV)
- RESISTANCE
dfr (A1, A5), sul (1, 2)
ermB, C; mefA
tet B, tet M