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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Sexually_transmitted_infections_STIs/
      Background Young people aged 15-24 have the highest rates of chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Australia STIs … at 3 months is recommended Neisseria gonorrhoeae Immunity to new infection is not provided by previous … Asymptomatic: Neisseria gonorrhoeae NAAT Symptomatic: NAAT and MCS Consider urethral swab if discharge or other …
  • Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Adolescent_Gynaecology_Lower_Abdominal_Pain/
    amplification tests) for Chlamydia trachomatis , Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis … or self-collected vaginal swab or clinician-collected endocervical swab for gonorrhoea, chlamydia and MCS FBE, CRP …
  • Acute scrotal pain or swelling
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_scrotal_pain_or_swelling/
    and Gonorrhoea PCR testing (if STI clinically suspected) Viral causes include enterovirus, adenovirus and rarely …
  • Periorbital and orbital cellulitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Periorbital_and_orbital_cellulitis/
    eyelid swelling and erythema Unilateral eye pain or tenderness Consider gonorrhoea and Chlamydia …
  • Fever in the recently returned traveller
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fever_in_the_recently_returned_traveller/
    , gonorrhoea, brucellosis, chikungunya Eschar Rickettsial infections, borrelia, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic …
  • Bone and joint infection
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Bone_and_joint_infection/
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa Penetrating foot injury Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sexually active adolescents Last updated …