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Retired NBME Step 2 CK Form 6 Answers

step2ck_form6/Block 3/Question#33 (reveal difficulty score)
A 32-year-old woman comes to the physician ...
Clue cells ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
tags: infectious_disease

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submitted by โˆ—carolebaskin(109)
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Clue cells = gardnerella = grayish discharge and does change pH (>4.5)

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  • Ferning = pregnancy / rupture of membranes, but she does not have male partners, so less likely

  • Budding yeast = candida = grayish, but does not change the vaginal pH (<4.5)

  • leukocyte sheets = ? Maybe erosive lichen planus / lichenoid vaginitis ?

  • Trich = green discharge, does change pH (>4.5)


https://vulvovaginaldisorders.com/the-four-pillars-of-vulvovaginal-diagnosis/table-elevated-ph/#prettyPhoto[6]/0/

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spiroskeet  Reason for pH >4.5 is that Gardnerella outcompete Lactobacilli fauna, which (as their name implies) pump out acid +
tinylilron  seriously green discharge vs. gray discharge? :-/ +2
nicspabi  "Cervicitis may cause a purulent discharge from the cervix. The discharge will not have an odor and will consist of sheets of white blood cells; the vaginal pH is variable" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK288/ +



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submitted by โˆ—machetebetty(4)
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Bacterial vaginosis is also very common in women/people with vaginas who have sex with women/people with vaginas, and more common in that population vs gen pop.

One 2005 study of 12K vagina-owners found 45% prevalence in folx who'd had at least one partner with a vagina, vs 29% rest of study population.

(Sorry no link, just sharing from "Lesbian Health" by Dibble & Robertson.)

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