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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Sexual assault, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Sexual assault, Treatment, Medications, Prophylactic therapy, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Follow-Up, Prevention, When to Refer, References,
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Topics Discussed: sexual assault; sexual assault examination; sexually transmitted diseases.
Excerpt: | |  Victims of assault have a high baseline rate of infection
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae, 6% –
Chlamydia trachomatis, 10% –
Trichomonas vaginalis, 15% – Bacterial vaginosis, 34% |
The risk of acquiring infection as a result of the assault is significant but is often lower than the preexisting rate | | –
N gonorrhoeae, 6–12% –
C trachomatis, 4–17% –
T vaginalis, 12% – Syphilis, 0.5–3% – Bacterial vaginosis, 19% |
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