Atlas of Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (181 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SECTION I: INTRODUCTION -- CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND USE OF THE MICROBIOLOGY LAB IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT -- SECTION II: SPECIAL ORGANISMS -- GROUP B STREPTOCOCCI -- GENITAL MYCOPLASMAS -- CHLAMYDIAL INFECTIONS -- HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTION -- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES -- MIXED ANAEROBIC-AEROBIC PELVIC INFECTION AND PELVIC ABSCESS -- HEPATITIS INFECTION -- SECTION III: GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRICINFECTIONS -- TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME -- INFECTIOUS VULVOVAGINITIS -- POSTABORTION INFECTION, BACTEREMIA, AND SEPTIC SHOCK -- PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE -- URINARY TRACT INFECTION -- PERINATAL INFECTIONS -- PREMATURE RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES -- INTRAAMNIOTIC INFECTION -- SUBCLINICAL INFECTION AS A CAUSE OF PREMATURE LABOR -- POSTPARTUM INFECTION -- WOUND AND EPISIOTOMY INFECTIONS -- PARASITIC DISEASE IN PREGNANCY -- SECTION IV: ANTIBIOTICS/ANTIVIRALS -- ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS -- SECTION V: IMMUNIZATION -- IMMUNIZATION -- INDEX.
This full-color atlas is the ideal quick consult for clinicians treating gynecologic and obstetric infections. It contains over 200 images to help clinicians recognize, diagnose, and treat a wide range of infectious diseases. Coverage begins with specific organisms-including Streptococci, Chlamydial infections, herpes simplex virus, and sexually transmitted diseases-and proceeds to specific diagnostic guidance for all common gynecologic and obstetric infections. Full-color illustrations aid in identifying definitive visual manifestations of infectious diseases. Abundant tables and graphs summarize essential facts on diagnosis and treatment. Cross-references to the textbook Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract, Fourth Edition direct readers to additional information.