Clinical Practice in Sexually Transmissible Diseases
2nd Edition
Published in November 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
524 pages
978-0-443-03260-8 (ISBN)
Description
A study covering sexually transmissible diseases, aimed at those actively engaged in the clinical practice of venereology, and designed also as a reference in teaching and to the wider range of clinicians who participate in the practice of sexual and reproductive medicine.
A study covering sexually transmissible diseases, aimed at those actively engaged in the clinical practice of venereology, and designed also as a reference in teaching and to the wider range of clinicians who participate in the practice of sexual and reproductive medicine.
A study covering sexually transmissible diseases, aimed at those actively engaged in the clinical practice of venereology, and designed also as a reference in teaching and to the wider range of clinicians who participate in the practice of sexual and reproductive medicine.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
line drawings, half-tones, index
Dimensions
Height: 40 mm
Width: 306 mm
Weight
1380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-03260-8 (9780443032608)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Human sexuality - the background to infection; pathogens, actual or potential in sexually transmissible diseases; nature and incidence of sexually transmissible infections; health education and sexually transmitted diseases; some social, ethical and medico-legal aspects of sexually transmitted diseases; clinical investigation of the patient; syphilis - introduction; diagnosis of syphilis; acquired syphilis - early stage; treatment of syphilis - general considerations; acquired syphilis - late stage; congenital syphilis; endemic treponematoses; gonorrhoea - aetiology and pathogenesis; diagnosis of gonorrhoea - laboratory and clinical procedures; gonorrhoea - clinical features and treatment; non-gonococcal urethritis, chlamydial infections and other related conditions; prostatitis, orchitis and epididymitis; Reiter's disease - a seronegative spondarthritis; vaginal infection with prokaryotes; candidosis of the genitalia; trichomoniasis; pelvic inflammatory disease and perihepatitis; lower urinary tract infections; dysplasia and cancer of the cervix uteri; herpes simplex virus infection; papillomavirus infection and genital warts; cytomegalovirus infection; infectious mononucleosis; viral hepatitis; human immunodeficiency virus infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); molluscum contagiosum; lymphogranuloma venereum; chancroid; granuloma inguinale (donovanosis); arthropod infestations; ulcers and other conditions of the external genitalia; intestinal and anorectal disorders in homosexual men.