Obstetric and gynecologic infectious disease / editor, Joseph G. Pastorek, II. 6

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical notes on infection in obstetrics and gynecology -- Microbiology of the female genital tract -- Anatomic aspects of female pelvic infections -- Concepts of mixed aerobic-anaerobic obstetric and gynecologic infections -- Temperature and fever in ob-gyn patients -- Immunology of the female patient -- Infection-control issues for the obstetrician-gynecologist -- Gynecologic infections -- Vulvovaginitis: a general approach -- Urinary tract infections in women -- Infections of the urethra and bartholin and skene glands -- Cervicitis and associated endometritis -- Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Tubo-ovarian abscess -- Gynecologic postoperative infections -- Wound infections -- Necrotizing fasciitis and related entities -- Septic pelvic-vein thrombophlebitis -- Infection in immunocompromised women: prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment -- Septic shock in the ob-gyn patient -- Adult respiratory distress syndrome -- Toxic shock syndrome -- Appendicitis in the female patient -- Peri-rectal abscesses and related disorders -- Impact of genital infections on fertility -- Parasitic infections.;(cont) Obstetric infections -- Genital tract infection and premature labor/premature rupture of the membranes -- Role of infection in precipitating preterm labor -- Intra-amniotic infection -- Urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis in pregnancy -- Fungal, mycobacterial and unusual bacterial disease in pregnancy -- Hepatitis in pregnancy -- Changing concepts in TORCH infections -- Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy -- Varicella zoster in pregnancy -- Rubella -- Cytomegalovirus infection -- Listeriosis -- Group B streptococcus -- Specific intra-amniotic bacterial infections -- Specific intra-amniotic viral infections -- Amniotic fluid and its relation to infections -- Postpartum endometritis -- Infectious complications of episiotomy -- Puerperal mastitis -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases -- Gonorrhea -- Syphilis -- Chlamydia trachomatis infections -- Herpes simplex -- Genital mycoplasmas -- Vulvovaginal candidiasis -- Trichomonas vaginalis infection -- Bacterial vaginosis -- Human papillomavirus -- Hepatitis B for the obstetrician-gynecologist.;(cont) Human immunodeficiency virus infection in obstetrics and gynecology -- Lymphogranuloma venereum, chancroid and granuloma inguinale -- Ectoparasites -- Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases -- Infectious aspects of contraceptive practices -- Diagnostic and therapeutic concepts -- General considerations for proper antibiotic usage in obstetrics and gynecology -- Antibiotics: the beta lactam drugs -- Antibiotics: the antianaerobic drugs -- Other antibiotics -- Antibiotics: antifungal, antiparasitic and antiviral drugs -- Antibiotic prophylaxis -- Immunizations during pregnancy -- Colposcopy and cytology in obstetric and gynecologic infectious disease -- Histopathology of infections of the female genital tract -- Histopathology of placental inflammation and infection -- Rapid diagnostic testing: uses and limitations -- Invasive monitoring and intensive care in obstetrics and gynecology -- Radiologic considerations in pelvic and intra-abdominal infections.

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