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Sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected adults and special populations : a clinical guide /
Though recent breakthroughs in research advance care with each day, the population of HIV-infected individuals continues to grow globally, leaving them particularly susceptible to additional STDs that are complicated by their immunocompromised state. This text is the only book to provide a comprehen...
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| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Contributors; Office-Based Approaches to Improve Sexual Health; 1 Office-Based STI Management: A Practical Approach to Sexual History Taking and Syndromic Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections; Introduction; Sexual History: Let us Start at the Beginning ... ; Setting the Stage; Approach to the Patient with Signs and Symptoms of an STI; The "Discharges" or "Drips": Recommended Approach; Urethritis; Cervicitis; Vaginitis; Proctitis, Proctocolitis, and Enteritis; Ulcers, Sores, and Rashes: Tips for Evaluation and Management; Genital Ulcer Disease; Complicated STIs.
- A Few Words About PIDEpididymitis; Approaches to STI Screening in the HIV Primary Care Setting; References; 2 Behavioral Interventions for Prevention in HIV Care; Background; A Theoretical Perspective; Development of Behavioral Interventions for the HIV Care Settings; From Theory to Intervention; How to Implement Behavioral Interventions in a Busy Hiv Care Practice; Ask, Screen, Intervene!; Ask; Screen; Intervene; Closing Remarks; References; STI Pathogens and Associated Conditions; 3 Chlamydia trachomatis Infection; Introduction; The Biology of Chlamydia trachomatis.
- Basic Biology of ChlamydiaChlamydia and Risk of HIV Acquisition or Transmission; Epidemiology and Natural History of Chlamydia trachomatis; Uncomplicated Chlamydia Infections; Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV); The Natural History of Chlamydia Infection; Clinical Presentation; Males; Females; LGV; Case Illustration; Screening and Diagnostic Considerations; Screening Recommendations; Specimens and Diagnostic Assays; Screening for LGV; Partner Notification; Chlamydia Treatment; Urogenital Infection; Rectal Chlamydia Infection; Pregnant Women; LGV; Antimicrobial Resistance and Chlamydia trachomatis.
- ConclusionAcknowledgements; References; 4 Gonococcal Infections; Introduction; Basic Science; Case Illustration; Epidemiology; Clinical Presentations; Genital Infections in Men; Genital Infections in Women; Rectal Infections; Pharyngeal Infections; Conjunctival Infections; Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI); Diagnostic Considerations; Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs); Culture; Microscopy and Gram Stain; Screening; Treatment; Uncomplicated Cervical, Urethral, and Rectal Gonorrhea; Uncomplicated Pharyngeal Gonorrhea; Conjunctivitis; Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI).
- Partner ManagementSuspected Treatment Failures and Antimicrobial Resistant Infections; Conclusions; Disclaimer; References; 5 Syphilis; Introduction; Basic Science; Immune Response to Syphilis and Relevance to HIV Coinfection; Case Illustration; Epidemiology; Clinical Presentation; Primary Syphilis; Secondary Syphilis; Other Skin/Mucus Membrane Manifestations; Gastrointestinal Syphilis; Early Neurosyphilis; Ocular Syphilis; Renal Syphilis; Early Latent Syphilis; Late Latent Syphilis; Late Neurosyphilis; Tertiary Syphilis; Gummatous Syphilis; Cardiovascular Syphilis; Diagnostic Considerations.