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STDs
Exam Yield
| Probability of getting 1 Question from this chapter | 75% |
| Ease of Revision | 8.1 / 10 |
You may get 1 question from this Chapter, that is about basic facts about STDs.
What’s more, the same Chapter can be asked in 3 more Subjects – Skin, SPM and Micro.
So reading STDs can probably can yield upto 12 marks
Question Pattern
The questions focus on
- Causative Organism
- Predisposing conditions / Risk Factors
- Classical Clinical Features
- Diagnostic Methods
- DOC for different infections
Recent Questions
Questions on this chapter from recent NEET and AIIMS examinations have been about
- Amsel’s criteria
- Nugent’s criteria
- Strawberry cervix is seen in
- Granuloma inguinale – Clinical Features
- Bacterial vaginosis – Overview
- Vaginal infections – Overview
- Diagnostic methods of bacterial vaginosis
- Gardnerella vaginalis
- Rx of Trichomoniasis
- Vulval warts – Organism
- Condyloma acuminata
- Granuloma inguinale – Organism
Suggested Revision
Revise the following areas, that can yield marks in 4 different subjects on the same topic
- Normal flora of Reproductive Tract
- Risk factors for Bacterial Vaginosis
- Types of discharge in different infections (Greenish, whitish etc)
- Hanging drop preparation
- Risk Factors for candidal infection
- DOC for Monilial vaginitis
- Rx of Trichomoniasis
- Rx of Genital warts
- Causes of nongonococcal urethritis
- Gonococcal infection – Overview
- Syphilitic manifestations
- Chlamydia – Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Rx
- Chancroid – Overview
- Lymphogranuloma venerum – Organism, Diagnosis, Overview