This new, one-stop reference source combines authoritative coverage of clinical practice in sexually transmitted diseases and sexual health with a unique and comprehensive collection of 500 superb color photographs to illustrate the key features of this worldwide problem.

Each chapter follows a logical format: Introduction, Virology, Pathology, Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Complications of Infection, Laboratory Diagnosis, Management, Prevention of Transmission, and Special Circumstances . Emphasizing the clinical approach to the management of the patient with a sexually transmissible infection, it contains sufficient basic science to allow the reader to examine critically the rationale behind the available diagnostic tests and treatments.

Contents

Section 1: Introduction

Human sexuality: the background to infection
Health education and sexually transmissible infections
Some social, ethical, and medico-legal aspects of sexually transmissible infections
Clinical investigation of the patient
Section 2: Viral Infections
Human papillomavirus infection
Herpes simplex virus infection
Human immunodeficiency virus infection
Sexually transmissible viral hepatitis
Other sexually transmissible viruses
Section 3: Bacterial, Protozoal and Arthropod Infections
Chlamydial infection
Gonorrhea
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Prostatitis, epididymitis, and orchitis
Sexually acquired reactive arthritis and Reiter's disease
Syphilis and endemic treponematoses
Chancroid and Granuloma Inguinale
Vaginal infections - Candidiasis, Trichomoniasis, Bact. Vaginosis
Intestinal and anorectal disorders in homosexual men
Arthropod infestations
20. Ulceration and other conditions of the external genitalia