Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract

Part 1 Introduction: clinical microbiology of the female genital tract; use of the microbiology laboratory in infectious diseases. Part 2 Special organisms: group B streptococci; genital mycoplasmas; chlamydial infections; herpes simplex virus infection; sexually transmitted diseases; mixed anaerobic-aerobic infection and pelvic abscess; hepatitis; acquired immunodeficiency virus (AIDS). Part 3 Gynaecologic and obstetric infections: toxic shock syndrome; infectious vulvovaginitis; postabortion infection, bacteremia and septic shock; pelvic inflammatory disease; urinary tract infection; perinatal infection; premature rupture of the membranes; intra-amniotic infection (intra-uterine infection in late pregnancy); subclinical infection as a cause of premature labour; postpartum infection; wound and episiotomy infection; parasitic disease in pregnancy. Part 4 Antibiotics: antimicrobial agents; antibiotic prophylaxis in obstetrics and gynaecology.