Sexually Transmitted Infections. Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment

Description

From one of the nation’s leading authorities on infectious disease, this practical resource is designed for clinicians involved in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections. Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment begins with chapters on taking a sexual history and the examination of the male and female patient, followed by over 40 chapters that cover the complete range of sexually transmitted infections (e.g., gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, HPV, scabies, genital ulcer disease); as well as patient counseling; care following rape; and sexually transmitted infections in homosexual men and women, in commercial sex workers, during pregnancy, and in the military. With contributions from an international author team from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and several other countries, the book also offers clinical and public health case studies as well as ample figures, illustrations, and photographs. Key references are provided at the end of each chapter.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Sexual History
Chapter 3 Examination of the Male Patient
Chapter 4 Examination of the Female Patient
Chapter 5 Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
Chapter 6 Human Papillomaviruses
Chapter 7 Vaginitis
Chapter 8 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Chapter 9 Infectious Syphilis
Chapter 10 HIV
Chapter 11 Rashes and Genital Dermatoses
Chapter 12 Genital Allergy
Chapter 13 Scabies and Pediculosis
Chapter 14 Non Gonococcal Urethritis
Chapter 15 Cervicitis
Chapter 16 Acute Pelvic Pain
Chapter 17 Genital Ulcer Disease
Chapter 18 Genital Herpes Infections
Chapter 19 Laboratory Interventions
Chapter 20 Syphilis Serology
Chapter 21 Epididymitis
Chapter 22 Genital Warts
Chapter 23 Anorectal Infections
Chapter 24 Urinary Tract Infections
Chapter 25 Viral Hepatitis
Chapter 26 Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia
Chapter 27 Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain
Chapter 28 Prevention Counseling and Condom Use
Chapter 29 HIV Counseling and Testing
Chapter 30 Partner Notification and Management
Chapter 31 Counseling the Patient with Genital HSV Infection
Chapter 32 Counseling the Patient with Genital HPV Infection
Chapter 33 Care Following Rape and Sexual Assault
Chapter 34 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Homosexual Men
Chapter 35 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Homosexual Women
Chapter 36 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Drug Users
Chapter 37 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents
Chapter 38 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Travelers
Chapter 39 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Commercial Sex Workers
Chapter 40 Sexually Transmitted Infections During Pregnancy
Chapter 41 Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Psychiatric Setting
Chapter 42 Syndromic Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 43 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Correctional Settings
Chapter 44 Sexually Transmitted Infections in the US Military

About the Author(s)

Jonathan M. Zenilman, MD-Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Chief, Infectious Diseases Division, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Jonathan Zenilman is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Infectious Diseases Division at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His career in STIs started at the Centers for Disease Control, where he was responsible for developing the national gonococcal isolate surveillance system. His STI-related activities have included being the director of clinical services at the Baltimore City Health Department, and a translational research program in the epidemiology of goncoccal resistance, behavioral interventions, and HIV/STI interactions. He is a former President of the American STD Association.
Mohsen Shahmanesh, MD, FRCP-Honorary Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine and HIV, Whittal Street Clinic, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mohsen Shahmanesh was born in Teheran, Iran, completed his medical training in the UK and specialised in endocrinology with his MD thesis on the pituitary-hypothalamic control of gonadotrophin secretion.

Between 1975 and1981 he was associate professor of medicine and endocrinology at Shiraz University, Iran. Returning to England in 1983 he retrained in genitourinary medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital, and in 1988 became consultant in GU medicine and HIV in Birmingham General Hospital and the University of Birmingham, UK. Among a number of senior posts in the speciality, he pursued his deep interest in teaching by becoming Chairman of the Specialist Advisory Committee for GU Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians of London. Between 1996-2002 he edited the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections (changing its name from Genitourinary Medicine). He was a member of the Department of Health’s Expert Advisory Group on AIDS . In 2008 he was awarded life fellowship by the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV. He retired from clinical medicine in January 2010.

His research interest include non-gonococcal urethritis, the neurological complications of HIV and the effects of currently used antiviral treatment regimens for HIV on glucose, cortisol and lipid metabolism and adipocyte gene expression.