ABC of sexually transmitted diseases. Genital skin and other conditions.

ABC of colorectal diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases and anal papillomas.

Syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.

As early syphilis becomes more uncommon in the community, it will present frequently to the tertiary hospital as a diagnostic problem. Twenty patients with classic signs and symptoms of primary and secondary syphilis in whom the correct diagnosis was initially missed are presented. The importance of a routine admission Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test (VDRL) in making the correct diagn...

Sexually transmitted diseases in children: chlamydial oculo-genital infection.

serovars are sexually transmissible. Infection by the D-K serovars affects children of all ages but is uncommon in the prepubertal period. It ranges from perinatal and neonatal infection acquired from the mother, to prepubertal infection as a consequence of long term carriage or voluntary or involuntary sexual intercourse, to sexually transmitted adolescent infection. Infection by the LGV serov...

Syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases in HIV infection.

An ongoing resurgence of syphilis and continued transmission of other common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in HIV-infected patients is fueled by a number of factors, including "prevention burnout" resulting from fatigue with long-term, safer-sex behavior, use of recretional drugs (notably methamphetamine), and false sense of security associated with HIV serosorting and elevated CD4+ cell...

Competitive Exclusion in Gonorrhea Models and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

A heterosexually active population is exposed to two competing strains or two distinct sexually-transmitted pathogens. It is assumed that a host cannot be invaded simultaneously by both disease agents and that when symptoms appear, a function of the pathogen or strain virulence, individuals recover. We conclude that in a behaviorally and genetically homogeneous population coexistence is not pos...