ABSTRACT

Now in its sixth edition, Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology remains the only book to comprehensively cover infectious diseases in both obstetrics and general gynecology. Distilling complex clinical problems into an easy to use format, this text is divided in four unique sections, and some of these topics include:

chapter |2 pages

Part I

chapter 3|5 pages

Anaerobic infections

chapter 5|11 pages

Antibiotics and pregnancy

chapter 6|2 pages

Timing of antibiotic therapy

chapter 7|4 pages

Antibiotic-induced diarrhea

chapter 8|7 pages

Prophylactic antibiotics

chapter |2 pages

Part II

chapter 9|1 pages

Congenital viral infections

chapter 10|9 pages

Cytomegaloviruses

chapter 11|7 pages

Enteroviruses

chapter 12|20 pages

The hepatitis viruses

chapter 13|16 pages

Herpes simplex viruses, types 1 and 2

chapter 14|19 pages

Human immunodeficiency virus

chapter 15|13 pages

Human papilloma viruses

chapter 16|11 pages

Human B-19 parvovirus

chapter 17|6 pages

Influenza viruses

chapter 18|4 pages

Measles

chapter 19|3 pages

Mumps

chapter 20|8 pages

Rubella

chapter 21|10 pages

Varicella-zoster virus (Chickenpox)

chapter 23|4 pages

Haemophilus ducreyi

chapter 24|3 pages

Haemophilus influenzae

chapter 25|6 pages

Listeria monocytogenes

chapter 26|11 pages

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

chapter 27|4 pages

Salmonella typhi

chapter 28|4 pages

Streptococcus pneumoniae

chapter 30|3 pages

Actinomyces israelii

chapter 31|5 pages

Bacteroidaceae/prevotella

chapter 32|4 pages

Clostridium perfringens

chapter 33|2 pages

Clostridium sordellii

chapter 34|3 pages

Escherichia coli

chapter 35|6 pages

Gardnerella vaginalis

chapter 36|2 pages

Klebsiella/enterobacter

chapter 37|5 pages

Mobiluncus

chapter 38|3 pages

Peptostreptococci

chapter 39|2 pages

The proteus group

chapter 40|10 pages

Staphylococci

chapter 41|11 pages

Group B streptococci

chapter 43|8 pages

Enterococcus

chapter 44|1 pages

Group F streptococci

chapter 45|1 pages

Group G beta-hemolytic streptococci

chapter 46|12 pages

Chlamydia trachomatis

chapter 48|5 pages

Mycoplasma

chapter 49|4 pages

Borrelia recurrentis (Relapsing fever)

chapter 50|3 pages

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

chapter 51|4 pages

Leptospira

chapter 52|13 pages

Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)

chapter 53|4 pages

Entamoeba histolytica (Amebiasis)

chapter 54|8 pages

Plasmodial infections (Malaria)

chapter 55|9 pages

Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)

chapter 56|9 pages

Trichomonas vaginalis

chapter 57|13 pages

Candida albicans

chapter |2 pages

Part III

chapter 60|9 pages

Chorioamnionitis

chapter 62|5 pages

Postpartum endometritis/endomyometritis

chapter 63|5 pages

Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis

chapter 65|11 pages

Infection and preterm labor

chapter 66|3 pages

(A) Appendicitis in pregnancy

chapter 66|4 pages

(B) Puerperal mastitis

chapter 66|6 pages

(C) Breast abscess

chapter 67|6 pages

Vaccination of women in pregnancy

chapter 68|9 pages

Urinary tract infections in pregnancy

chapter 69|4 pages

Bacterial endocarditis in pregnancy

chapter 70|27 pages

Infectious vulvovaginitis

chapter 72|8 pages

Toxic shock syndrome

chapter 74|9 pages

Postoperative infections

chapter 75|21 pages

Acute salpingitis

chapter 76|10 pages

Ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess

chapter 77|5 pages

Pelvic abscess

chapter 78|18 pages

Wound infections