General Medical Information

Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract

RICHARD L. SWEET, M.D.
RONALD S. GIBBS, M.D.

INTRODUCTION
1 Clinical Microbiology of the Female Genital Tract
2 Use of the Microbiology Laboratory in Infectious Diseases

SPECIAL ORGANISMS
3 roup B Streptococci
4 Genital Mycoplasmas
5 Chlamydial Infections
6 Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
7 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
8 Mixed Anaerobic-Aerobic Pelvic Infection and Pelvic Abscess
9 Hepatitis Infection
10 HIV-AIDS

GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INFECTIONS
11 Toxic Shock Syndrome
12 Infectious Vulvovaginitis
13 Postabortion Infection, Bacteremia, and Septic Shock
14 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
15 Urinary Tract Infection
16 Perinatal Infections
17 Premature Rupture of the Membranes
18 Intraamniotic Infection
19 Subclinical Infection as a Cause of Premature Labor
20 Postpartum Infection
21 Wound and Episiotomy Infection
22 Parasitic Disease in Pregnancy

ANTIBIOTICS/ANTIVIRALS
23 Antimicrobial Agents
24 Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Obstetrics and Gynecology

IMMUNIZATION
25 Immunization