This book presents new knowledge to help clinicians accurately diagnose and treat their patients and highlights for researchers remaining unsolved problems and the most promising areas for continued investigation. The book opens by presenting information on the microbiology of the vagina and vaginal immunology. It then discusses the diagnosis of vulvovaginal disease, including physical examination, screening processes, and laboratory testing. Diagnosis is followed by covering various vulvovaginal infections. For each of these conditions, the book presents information on its background, microbiology, immunology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.…mehr
This book presents new knowledge to help clinicians accurately diagnose and treat their patients and highlights for researchers remaining unsolved problems and the most promising areas for continued investigation. The book opens by presenting information on the microbiology of the vagina and vaginal immunology. It then discusses the diagnosis of vulvovaginal disease, including physical examination, screening processes, and laboratory testing. Diagnosis is followed by covering various vulvovaginal infections. For each of these conditions, the book presents information on its background, microbiology, immunology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
William J. Ledger, MD, FACOG, obstetrician and gynaecologist in chief, New York Weill Cornell Center, New York, New York, USA Steven S. Witkin, PhD, professor of immunology in obstetrics and gynecology, New York Weill Cornell Center, New York, New York, USA
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Microbiology of the Vagina. Vaginal Immunology. Diagnosis of Vulvovaginal Disease. Candida Vulvovaginitis. Bacterial Vaginosis. Trichomonas vaginalis Vaginitis. Cytolytic Vaginosis, Aerobic Vaginitis, and Desquamative Inflammatory Vaginitis. Genital Herpes. Human Papillomavirus Genital Infections. Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases of the Vulva and the Vagina. Allergic Vulvovaginitis. Menopausal Vulvovaginitis. Vestibulodynia. Dermatologic Disorders Causing Vulvar Disease.
