HSV & ENDOCERVICAL

SWAB
BY: RAJHMUNIRAN KANDASAMY

INTRODUCTION
CHLAMYDIA AREOBLIGATE INTRACELLULARORGANISMS,
THAT IS, THEY CAN GROWONLYWITHIN CELLS.
THEY ARE THE AGENTS OF COMMONSEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES, SUCH
ASURETHRITISANDCERVICITIS, AS WELL AS OTHER
INFECTIONS SUCH
ASPNEUMONIA,PSITTACOSIS,TRACHOMA,
ANDLYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM.

CHLAMYDIA IS AN
ORGANISM THAT HAS
VERY SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS THAT
ALLOW IT TO EXIST IN
THE CERVIX, URETHRA,
AND FALLOPIAN TUBE.
(IT ALSO CAN ALSO
INFECT THE CORNEA OF
THE EYE.)

CERVIX( CERVICITIS)

URETHRA(URETHRITIS)

UTERUS , FT (PID)
PROCTITIS

BASICALLY, TYPE OF SWAB TAKEN IS BASED

ON THE AGENT THAT INFECT THE AFFECTED
PART AND THE LOCATION AFFECTED
Take swab first
then decide
based on C&S

In, the trigger both swab is

taken which HVS and
endocervical swab but Pap
Smear is not taken because it
is more likely to be used in
cervical cancer

HIGH VAGINAL SWAB

ENDOCERICAL SWAB

Trichomonas

Neisseria gonorrhoea

Candidiasis

Chlamydia trachomatis

Group B strep
Gardnerella vaginalis

HIGH VAGINAL SWAB PROCEDURE

SPECIMEN TYPESYOU SHOULDSEND:
HIGH VAGINAL SWAB (HVS).
INDICATIONS FOR HVS ARE BACILLARY VAGINOSIS ORTRICHOMONASINFECTION
OR GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL SCREENING IN PREGNANCY
HOW TO COLLECT THE SAMPLE
M-MOISTEN THE SWAB
I-INTRODUCE THE SWAB SLOWLY,THEN WITHDRAW
I- INOCULATE IN CULTURE MEDIUM /PLACE IT IN TRANSPORT MEDIUM
WHICH CONTAINER DOES IT GO IN?
PLACE HVS IN CHARCOAL AMIES MEDIUM.
TRANSPORT
SWABS SHOULD BE TRANSPORTED TO THE LABORATORY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

CONCLUSION
HIGH VAGINAL SWAB NO DETECTION OF THE
CHLAMYDIA BECAUSE IS ONLY INSERTING AND
TAKING THE SWAB .
BUT ENDOCERVICAL IS DETECETD CAUSE THE
PROCEDURE INVOLVE TURING OF 360 DEGREE AND
TURNING FOR A FEW TURNS EPITHELIAL CELLS IS
RECRUITED