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Sexually Transmitted Infections, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 37-2 - April 28, 2023
- Editor: Jeanne Marrazzo
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 3 0 2 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 3 0 3 - 4
In this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Sexually Transmitted Infections.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Sexually Transmitted Infections. The CDC approximates that 20% of Americans have experienced a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and the World Health Organization has estimated that over 340 million people live with STIs worldwide every year. In this issue, top experts provide important updates in this area, with goals to provide the relevant clinical information to aid physicians in prevention, diagnosis, and management.
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Contains 14 practice-oriented topics including syphilis: a modern resurgence; update in management and prevention of chlamydial infections; non-herpes and non-syphilis causes of genital ulcer disease (including monkeypox, LGV, chancroid); diagnostic advances in sexually transmitted infections; immunizations for sexually transmitted infections; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on sexually transmitted infections, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Infectious Diseases
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Syphilis: A Modern Resurgence
- Key points
- Case
- Things to consider
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Screening recommendations
- Diagnostic testing
- Clinical manifestations
- Treatment
- Follow up and post-treatment management
- Prevention measures and future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Conflicts of interest
- Acknowledgement
- Sources of funding
- Challenges in Managing Gonorrhea and New Advances in Prevention
- Key points
- Introduction
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Prevention
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclaimer
- Disclosure
- Funding
- Trichomoniasis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Pathogenesis
- Methods of transmission
- Clinical significance
- Trichomoniasis and pregnancy
- Clinical presentation
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Partner management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Disclosure
- Update on the Epidemiology, Screening, and Management of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
- Key points
- Introduction
- Overview of Chlamydia trachomatis microbiology
- Epidemiology
- Natural history
- Clinical manifestations in women
- Clinical manifestations in men
- Clinical manifestations in women and men
- Diagnosis
- Screening policy
- Management
- Vaccine and other therapeutic agents
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Sexually Transmitted Human Papillomavirus: Update in Epidemiology, Prevention, and Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology of human papillomavirus and human papillomavirus–related diseases
- Pathophysiology
- Prevention
- Management
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Update in Epidemiology and Management of Mycoplasma genitalium Infections
- Key points
- Introduction
- Biology and pathogenesis
- Epidemiology
- Natural history of Mycoplasma genitalium infection
- Reproductive tract syndromes
- Coinfections
- Management of patients with suspected Mycoplasma genitalium infection
- Discussion and summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Sexual Transmission of Viral Hepatitis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis D
- Implications for public health
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Genital Herpes Infection: Progress and Problems
- Key points
- Epidemiology of HSV-1 and HSV-2: seroprevalence and burden of disease
- Transmission and natural history of herpes simplex viruses infection
- Diagnosis of genital herpes
- Management and treatment
- Counseling
- The future of genital herpes prevention and management
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- An Ulcer by Any Other Name: Non-herpes and Non-syphilis Ulcerative Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Key points
- Introduction
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Chancroid
- Granuloma inguinale
- Mpox virus
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Advances in Diagnostics of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical findings
- Diagnostic testing in patients’ symptoms
- Resistance-guided therapy
- Screening of asymptomatic populations
- The future of sexually transmitted infection detection tests
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosures
- Approach to Managing Sex Partners of People with Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Key points
- Introduction
- Goals of partner management
- Methods of partner management
- Strategies in partner management
- Clinical guidance
- Expedited Partner Therapy
- Special populations and considerations
- Role of the health department
- Legal considerations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Funding
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 37-2
- Published: April 28, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443183027
- eBook ISBN: 9780443183034
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Jeanne Marrazzo
Affiliations and expertise
C. Glenn Cobbs Professor in Infectious Diseases, Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham