Genital Tract Infection in Women

Part 1 General concepts: development of female genital tract; normal flora of the vagina; cytology; epidemiological aspects. Part 2 Investigation of infection: diagnosis; pelvic inflammatory disease. Part 3 Diseases due to specific organisms: syphilis; gonorrhoea; trichomoniasis; vaginal candidosis; oculogenital chlamydia; mycoplasmal infection; herpes and cytomegalovirus; condyloacuminata and molluscum contagiosum; gardnerella. Part 4 Special circumstances and conditions: vulvovaginal infection in young and old; tropical infections; infection of the outer genitals. Part 5 Effects and consequences of genital infection: psychological aspects; infection in the pathogenesis of cancer; long term consequences of PID/AIDS.