The Practitioner's Handbook for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 4th Edition 2007 -- Full text online

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The Practitioner's Handbook for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 4th Edition 2007

Full text online http://depts.washington.edu/nnptc/online_training/std_handbook/

Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH

Medical Director

Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

University of Washington, Seattle

Negusse Ocbamichael, PA-C

Clinical Research Director

HIV Prevention Trials Unit

University of Washington, Seattle

Anne Meegan, MPH ©

Program Director

Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center

University of Washington, Seattle

Walter E. Stamm, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Head, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

University of Washington, Seattle

The Practitioner’s Handbook is designed to assist practitioners in primary health care, family medicine, emergency medicine, and other specialties in the optimal management of patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their partners.

Preface. In the last two decades, the spectrum and epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has changed dramatically. This has created frequent diagnostic dilemmas for clinicians, since STDs enter into the differential diagnosis of many conditions. In addition, many STD syndromes have only recently been well-characterized and new diagnostic tests made available. The purpose of this manual is to assist practitioners in primary health care, family medicine, emergency medicine, and other specialties in the optimal management of patients with STD and their partners. The manual is organized by disease syndrome (for example, vaginitis or urethritis) rather than by microorganism, since this more closely approximates clinical practice. Because many patients with STD may have few or no symptoms or have simultaneous infections involving more than one site, routine screening of patients and their partners is also emphasized. Algorithms are used, whenever feasible, as a step-by-step guide to diagnosis and treatment. Tables summarize the chief clinical features, laboratory tests, and treatment of the more common STDs.

Table of Contents Introduction Clinical Approach Syndromes

in Males

Urethritis Epididymitis Proctitis, Enteritis & Proctocolitis in Females

Urethritis & Cystitis Vaginitis Cervicitis Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Males and Females

Genital Ulcers Nonulcerative Genital Lesions Controlling STDs Appendices

Laboratory Diagnosis of STDs Health Departments