Sexually transmitted diseases syphilis

At the beginning of the twentieth century, arsenic compounds were used to kill spirochete bacteria, which cause the sexually transmitted disease syphilis. After this amphetamine compound was used to treat syphilis in Europe, the disease rate was reduced by more than half. The antibiotic penicillin has replaced arsenic for most medical purposes... 

There are five main sexually transmitted diseases AIDS, gonorrhoea, syphilis, genital herpes and genital candidiasis. AIDS is discussed in Chapter 17. 

Sexually transmitted diseases When treating gonococcal infections in which primary and secondary syphilis are suspected, perform proper diagnostic procedures, including darkfield examinations and monthly serological tests for at least 4 months. Resistance The number of strains of staphylococci resistant to penicillinase-resistant penicillins has been increasing widespread use of penicillinase-resistant penicillins may result in an increasing number of resistant staphylococcal strains. 

Monitoring In sexually transmitted diseases when coexistent syphilis is suspected, perform darkfield examination before starting treatment and repeat the blood serology monthly for at least 4 months. 

Syphilis In the treatment of sexually transmitted disease, if concomitant syphilis is suspected, perform a darkfield examination before treatment is started. Perform monthly serologic tests for 4 months or more. 

Penicillins are also used in the prophylaxis of rheumatic fever, sexually transmitted diseases e.g. gonorrhoea and syphilis and bacterial endocarditis. 

Amyl nitrite, unlike other inhalants, are abused primarily because they are believed to enhance sexual pleasure and performance through loss of inhibition. However, abandoning inhibition leads to unsafe sex and a much greater risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, hepatitis A, gonorrhea, and syphilis. 

Ofloxacin Like norfloxacin, ofloxacin [oh FLOX a sin] is primarily used in the treatment of prostatitis due to E. coH and of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) with the exception of syphilis. It may be used as alternative therapy in patients with gonorrhea. It has some benefit in the treatment of skin and lower respiratory tract infections. 

The spectrum of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) includes the classic venereal diseases—gonorrhea, syphilis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, and granuloma inguinale—as well as a variety of other pathogens known to he spread hy sexual contact (Table 46-1). Common clinical syndromes associated with STDs are listed in Table 46-2. The most current information on epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of STDs provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can be found at http //www.cdc.gov. 

Clinical usage Tetracylines are effective for sexually transmitted diseases caused by chlamydia and syphilis. They are also commonly used for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia, Lyme disease, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and in combination with other agents for Helicobacter pylori. 

Arsenic has a special place in the history of modern medicine. In 1910, German biologist Paul Ehrlich (1854—1915) invented the first drug that would cure syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease. This drug, called salvarsan, is a compound of arsenic. Its chemical name is arsphenamine. 

Emmert DH, Kirchner JT. Sexually transmitted diseases in women Gonorrhea and syphilis. Postgrad Med 2000 107 181-197. 

Erythromycin-A (EM) obtained from S. erythreus has utility in a wide variety of Gm+ infections, including sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea. The drug can be considered for penicillin-allergic patients. In an outbreak of Legionnaire s disease, EM was found to be the only antibiotic to reverse the morbidity of this new disease. 

Sexually transmitted disease cultures Sims-Huhner test Syphilis detection test TORCH test... 

When aggressive and violent behavior becomes extreme, this can be viewed as disease. For example, drug addiction is now considered a disease syphilis is no longer called wanton behavior but is identified as a sexually transmitted disease or a sexually transmitted infectioa... 

Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata), also known as pukeweed , has been used for centuries by the Penobscots people in the Northeastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes, as an entheogenic and emetic drug, before Samuel Thompson (1769-1843), an herbalist from New Hampshire, claimed it as a valuable remedy. The roots were used for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, e.g. syphilis, and skin diseases were medicated with poultices from smashed leaves. By parenteral application, Indian tobacco is effective against oedema and asthma. Thus, Lobelia inflata was found since 1820 in many pharmacopoeias. 

Any disease that is passed (tom one individual to another during sexual intercourse or other types of sexual activity. These diseases have b n traditionally referred to as venereal diseases. They include gonorrhoea, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonor-rhoeae, syphilis, due to infection by the bacterium Treponema pallidum genital herpes, which Is caused by a herpesvirus and AIDS, resulting from infection with HIV, a retrovirus. The transmission of sexually transmitted diseases can be reduced by limiting the number of sexual partners and by the use of condoms (see birth control), which reduces the risk of contact with body fluids that harbour the microorganisms that cause these diseases. 

Syphilis A sexually transmitted disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum, characterized by a chancre at the site of entry and often eventual neurological... 

It was not until the twentieth century, however, that urology came into its own as a medical specialization. In 1908, Nobel Prize laureate Paul Ehrlich discovered that salvarsan, an arsenic compound, was an effective treatment for syphilis (a venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease with devastating effects... 

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