Now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition, Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract provides current, complete diagnostic and therapeutic information on bacterial and viral infections of the female genital tract.

The book is organized by organism and then by disease and includes a section on antibiotics. This edition includes significant updates to the chapters on:

• Group B strep
• Chlamydia
• Human papillomavirus
• Hepatitis C
• New drugs
• PROM
• UTI

A chapter on immunizations has been added. The presentation of material has been streamlined, and the format has been modified to include additional algorithms and tables that make the material easier to digest.

Contents

Introduction

1. Clinical Microbiology of the Female Genital Tract
2. Use of the Microbiology Laboratory in Infectious Diseases

Special Organisms

2. Group B Streptococci
3. Genital Mycoplasmas
4. Chlamydial Infections
5. Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
6. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
7. Mixed Anaerobic-Aerobic Pelvic Infection and Pelvic Abscess
8. Hepatitis Infection
9. HIV-AIDS

Gynecologic and Obstetric Infections

10. Toxic Shock Sydrome
11. Infectious Vulvovaginitis
12. Postabortion Infection, Bacteremia, and Septic Shock
13. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
14. Urinary Tract Infection
15. Perinatal Infections
16. Premature Rupture of the Membranes
17. Intraamniotic Infection
18. Subclinical Infection as a Cause of Premature Labor
19. Postpartum Infection
20. Wound and Episiotomy Infection
21. Parasitic Disease in Pregnancy

Antibiotics/Antivirals

22. Antimicrobial Agents
23. Antibiotic Prohylaxis in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Immunization

24. Immunization

Index

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