Often asymptomatic
If symptomatic: The following symptoms are consistent with but not diagnostic of cervicitis:
Abnormal vaginal bleeding and/or discharge? Inflamed cervix may bleed spo...
Gonorrhea
Ceftriaxone ≤45 kg: 50 mg/kg (max 125 mg) IM × 1, >45 kg: 250 mg IM × 1, PLUS azithromycin 20 mg/kg (max 1 g) PO, single dose or doxycycline 100 mg PO b.i.d. for 7 days...
The recommended treatment regimens have excellent cure rates.
The patient should have resolution of symptoms 3 to 5 days after starting therapy.
Patients should abs...
American Academy of Pediatrics. Sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and children. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, et al, eds. Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committ...
616.9 Unspecified inflammatory disease of cervix, vagina, and vulva
098.15 Gonococcal cervicitis (acute)
099.53 Other venereal diseases due to chlamydia trachomatis, lower genitourinary sites
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Q: How much cervical motion tenderness is present in patients with cervicitis?
A: None. Patients with cervicitis have inflammation and infection of the cervix only. They do not have any evidence of...
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Herpes simplex cervicitis.
<bold><italic>Figure 21-9</bold> Ectropion ("erosion") of the cervix.</bold> Endocervical glandular epithelium has reappeared in the transformation zone in an adult woman. The rough, red appearance led early observers to believe it involved ulceration (erosion of the mucosa) and inflammation, hence the common clinical name, "cervical erosion."
<bold><italic>Figure 21-9</bold> Ectropion ("erosion") of the cervix.</bold> Endocervical glandular epithelium has...