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- Lesson 7 Overview
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Vaginitis Overview
About this Lesson
Last Updated: March 20th, 2025
CNE/CME
Continuing Education
This lesson qualifies for:
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- 1.0 CME AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, or
- 1.0 CNE contact hour and 1.0 CE contact hour (does NOT qualify for pharmacology CE for advanced practice nurses)
CNE and CME Origination: February 1st, 2017
CNE and CME Review: April 1st, 2025
CNE and CME Expiration: March 31st, 2027 (3rd Edition)
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3rd Edition
This is a substantial revision of the original Lesson. The previous edition was titled Vaginitis and available until March 31st, 2025.
Learning Objectives
- Summarize the pathogenesis and microbiology for common infectious causes of vaginitis
- Recognize clinical manifestations of bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, and vulvovaginal candidiasis
- Use recommended laboratory methods to diagnose bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, or vulvovaginal candidiasis
- Provide recommended treatment for women with bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, or vulvovaginal candidiasis
- Select appropriate vaginitis treatment regimens for pregnant women
Lesson Contributors
Authors
David H. Spach, MD
David H. Spach, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
University of Washington
Editor-in-Chief
Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
University of Washington
Disclosures:
None
Christina A. Muzny, MD, MSPH
Christina A. Muzny, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Teaching faculty, Southeast STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Teaching faculty, Southeast STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Disclosures:
Consulting Fee: Abbot, Biomerieux, BioNTech
Presentation Development: Elsevier
Lectures/Speaker Bureau: BD, Cepheid
Presentation Development: Elsevier
Lectures/Speaker Bureau: BD, Cepheid
The relevant financial relationship was mitigated.
Raaka G. Kumbhakar, MD, MPH
Raaka G. Kumbhakar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
University of Washington
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
University of Washington
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None
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