Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • What a Professional Involved in STD Should Know
  • Therefore, It Should Not Be Postponed
  • Major Syndromes to Be Observed in STD/Genital Infections
  • Notes
  • Important
  • Sensitivity of a Laboratory Test
  • Specificity of a Laboratory Test
  • Reflection
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1: The Skin and Eruptives Lesions
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Skin Structure and Function (Fig.  1.1)
  • 1.2.1 Epidermis
  • 1.2.1.1 Basal or Germinative Layer
  • 1.2.1.2 Spinous Extract
  • 1.2.1.3 Granulous Extract
  • 1.2.1.4 Corneal Extract1.2.1.5 Dermoepidermic Junction
  • 1.2.1.6 Other Epidermic Cellular Components
  • Melanocyte
  • Langerhans Cell
  • Merkel Cell
  • 1.2.1.7 Cuttaneous Attachments
  • Pilosebaceous Follicle
  • Hair Follicle
  • Sebaceous Gland
  • Apocrine Sebaceous Gland
  • Erector Hair Muscle
  • Eccrine Sudoriparous Glands
  • 1.2.2 Dermis
  • 1.2.3 Hypodermis
  • 1.2.4 Nails
  • 1.3 Dematological Diagnosis
  • 1.3.1 Dermatologic Semiology
  • 1.3.1.1 According to Type of Lesion
  • Color-Changing Lesions (Fig. Â 1.5)
  • Solid Lesions
  • Liquid Content LesionsLesions with Cutaneous Thickness Change
  • Lesions with Continuity Solutions
  • Senile Lesions
  • 1.3.1.2 Shape and Disposition of the Lesions
  • Lesions Distribution
  • 2: Syphilis
  • 2.1 Synonymy
  • 2.2 Concept
  • 2.3 Incubation Period
  • 2.4 Etiologic Agent
  • 2.5 Clinical Presentation
  • 2.5.1 Early Syphilis
  • 2.5.2 Latent Syphilis
  • 2.5.3 Late Syphilis
  • 2.6 Laboratory Diagnosis
  • 2.7 Evaluation of Laboratory Methods
  • 2.7.1 Treatment and Control
  • 2.7.2 Complications
  • 2.7.3 Differential Diagnosis2.7.4 Observations
  • 3: Genital Herpes
  • 3.1 Synonyms
  • 3.2 Concept
  • 3.3 Incubation Period
  • 3.4 Etiologic Agent
  • 3.5 Clinical Presentation (Figs. 3.1â#x80;#x93;3.54)
  • 3.6 Laboratory Diagnosis Tests: Figs. 3.55â#x80;#x93;3.63
  • 3.7 Treatment
  • 3.8 Other Medication
  • 3.9 Complications
  • 3.10 Differential Diagnosis
  • 3.11 Observations
  • 4: Chancroid
  • 4.1 Synonyms
  • 4.2 Concept
  • 4.3 Incubation Period
  • 4.4 Etiologic Agent
  • 4.5 Clinical Presentation (Figs. 4.1â#x80;#x93;4.25)
  • 4.6 Laboratory Diagnosis
  • 4.7 Evaluation of Laboratory Methods (Lewis, DAâ#x80;#x94;modified)4.8 Treatment and Control of Cure
  • 4.9 Complications
  • 4.10 Differential Diagnosis
  • 4.11 Main Differences between Hard Chancre and Soft Chancre
  • 4.12 Observations
  • 5: Lymphogranuloma Venereum: LGV
  • 5.1 Synonyms
  • 5.2 Concept
  • 5.3 Incubation Period
  • 5.4 Etiological Agent
  • 5.5 Clinical Manifestations (Figs. 5.1â#x80;#x93;5.12)
  • 5.6 Laboratory Diagnosis
  • 5.7 Treatment and Control
  • 5.8 Complications (Figs. 5.13â#x80;#x93;5.17)
  • 5.9 Differential Diagnosis