ORAL-SEX-ASSOCIATED FOURNIER'S GANGRENE FOLLOWING CONTACT WITH COMMERCIAL SEX WORKER

Fungal Fourniers Gangrene in an Immunocompromised Patient

Fournier's Gangrene is a rapidly progressive necrotizing fasciitis of the groin, perianal and perineal region that is often polymicrobial in nature, often averaging 3 species of bacteria per patient. The typical infection can be due to a host of microbes, including gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic species including. Many of the causative organisms are found in the normal microbial flo...

Fourniers gangrene following hyfrecation in a male infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

Sex Hormone Therapy in Experimental Peripheral Gangrene *

The administration of ergot or ergot derivatives has been shown to result in a continuous spasm of the muscular coat of peripheral arteries, leading to cyanotic induration, ulceration, and, in many instances, to gangrene of the tissues.1' 25,7 In 1935, McGrath reported4 that female albino rats could be protected from the more severe manifestations of ergotamine intoxication by the daily injecti...

Sex redefined: the reclassification of oral-genital contact.

CONTEXT Although partially anecdotal, some evidence suggests that oral-genital contact is increasingly excluded from young people's notions of what behaviors constitute sex. Such a shift may have implications for STD prevention. METHODS In 2007, a convenience sample of 477 university students participated in a survey that included the question "Would you say you 'had sex' with someone if the ...

The Role of Sex Worker Organizations

Australia's response to HIV/AIDS has been described as 'proactive and effective' (Steven, 1994: 237). The rate of HIV transmission has, so far, declined to a steady state level and treatment and care programs work in conjunction with a system of cost-free, or low cost, universal health care. Overall, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs have been successful because of the adoption of a 'p...