Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Section 1 Patient management: interviewing the patient; examining the patient; counselling of STD patients; prevention issues. Section 2 Selected syndromes: urethritis, epididymitis and prostatitis in men; vaginal discharge and vaginitis in women (vulvitis, dyspareunia and cervicitis); pelvic inflammatory disease; genital ulcer disease; cutaneous lesions; syphilis; infestations; AIDS; basic coverage of diagnostic issues; other syndromes (including hepatitis). section 3 STDs in special populations: STDs in pregnancy; STDs in gay men; STDs in paediatric populations; STDs in adolescents; immunocompromised patients. Section 4 Agents causing STDs: h ducreyi; t pallidum; n gonorrhoea; c trachomatis; herpes simplex virus; human papilloma virus; trichomonas; HIV; miscellaneous; STD organisms, campylobacter; gardnerella; hepatitis etc. Section 5 Laboratory diagnosis: approaches to diagnosis - principles, specimens, collection, and transport; organisms. section 6 Treatment guidelines for STDs: syndromes and agents - annotated version of CDC guidelines.