tetracycline and Sexually-Transmitted-Diseases

Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Arthritis, Infectious; Cephalosporins; Child; Doxycycline; Erythromycin; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Kanamycin; Leucomycins; Male; Ophthalmia Neonatorum; Penicillins; Proctitis; Salpingitis; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Spectinomycin; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Thiamphenicol; Trimethoprim

Nongonococcal urethritis is a venereal disease whose incidence is almost double that of gonorrhea. Despite this, the diagnosis, origin, treatment, and complications of nongonococcal urethritis remain unclear. Although some cases are undoubtedly caused by infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, the origin of many cases is uncertain. Treatment is recommended to shorten symptoms and prevent complications. This review presents the current status of this confusing disease.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Epididymitis; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Infant; Male; Mycoplasma Infections; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Pneumonia; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Trachoma; Urethritis

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chancroid; Female; Gonorrhea; Granuloma Inguinale; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Male; Penicillins; Pregnancy; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Syphilis, Congenital; Tetracycline

Topics: Ampicillin; Culture Techniques; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Metronidazole; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Penicillin G Procaine; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Sulfisoxazole; Syphilis; Syphilis Serodiagnosis; Tetracycline; Treponema pallidum

The role of prophylactic techniques in controlling venereal disease (VD) continues to be disputed despite the fact that prophylactic techniques have been used for centuries. Focus in this discussion is on the effectiveness of available prophylactic methods and some factors influencing the impact of effective prophylaxis on disease control. For practical purposes there are 3 categories of personal prophylaxis: mechanical (of which the condom is most important), locally acting measures, and systemic chemotherapy. Fallopio reported in the 16th century the 1st use of the condom to protect 1100 men from syphilis. Since then the condom has been an important element of many control programs. Condoms should be undamaged, of good quality, and used at the right time in the correct manner. Frequently the condom fails to prevent VD because of deficiencies in these conditions. Several studies have suggested that the condom may be of prophylactic value: venereal infection was detected in 9.5% of those using a condom or early treatment, but in 22% of those using inadequate prophylaxis and in 68.5% of those using none. There is inadequate evidence to support the effectiveness of available local acting prophylactic agents. Systemic antibiotics offer an effective form of prophylaxis. In addition, due to their potent specific antimicrobial properties, systemic antibiotics offer the unique advantage of aborting infection when administered a considerable time after exposure. A recent study demonstrated that 200 mgm minocycline, given as a postexposure prophylactic, decreased the attack rate of gonococcal urethritis by 55%, but those patients developed infection experienced a prolonged incubation period and tended to be infected with relatively resistant strains. These findings suggest the possibility of a more serious sequel: production of a chronic asymptomatic carrier state. Abortive VD therapy in managing a rape victim requires special consideration. Assessment of management should be based on the following: the likelihood of infection, the risks of treatment, the efficacy of treatment, and patient follow-up. Even when safe and effective techniques are available, their impact on VD control may be minimal if they are only rarely used. In many environments condom use ranges 3-20% among VD clinic patients and rarely exceeds 25% in the general male population. Condoms are used least by those who need them most. If utilization is to be increased, the motiv

Topics: Chloramphenicol; Contraceptive Devices, Male; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gonorrhea; Humans; Iodobenzoates; Male; Methods; Penicillin G; Rape; Sex Work; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Silver Nitrate; Soaps; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Time Factors; Urination

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Chloramphenicol; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Immunization; Male; Penicillins; Prognosis; Sex Factors; Sex Work; Sexual Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Social Medicine; Syphilis; Tetracycline

Topics: Cephalosporins; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Combinations; Erythromycin; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Male; Penicillin G Procaine; Penicillins; Probenecid; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Spectinomycin; Syphilis; Syphilis, Congenital; Tetracycline; Time Factors; Urethritis

Two hundred and thirty-three men and 85 women visiting STD clinics in western Sweden between April 1997 and March 1998 were examined for Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis. The bacteria were identified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. Three women (3.5%) and 18 men (7%) were positive for M. genitalium. Seventeen (14%) of the 115 men with urethritis were infected but only one of the men was without urethritis. After treatment with tetracyclines for 10 days, one woman and 8 of the 13 men still harboured M. genitalium. M. genitalium-infected men did not have more life-time partners than other men visiting STD clinics. More men positive for M. genitalium gave a history of previous urethritis but the difference was not significant.

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chlamydia trachomatis; Contact Tracing; DNA, Bacterial; Female; Female Urogenital Diseases; Humans; Male; Male Urogenital Diseases; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma Infections; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Sweden; Tetracycline; Treatment Outcome; Urethritis

A case of an HIV positive man with multiple sexually acquired disease occurring concurrently is described. Risk behaviours that could have predisposed him to HIV infection are discussed. The factors which might have interacted to make the sexually acquired infections severe and difficult to treat are postulated.. The case of an HIV-seropositive man with gonorrhea, syphilis, genital warts, and chancroid is described. Multiple sexual partners, genital ulcer diseases, and lack of circumcision may have predisposed him to HIV infection. As indicated by his CD4/CD8 ratio of 0.5, his immunological status was not very compromised. Other factors were therefore probably behind these multiple sexually transmitted diseases (STD). This 30-year old man was inadequately treated for a long time for urethral discharge and genital ulcer disease, and ultimately collapsed on the job with a comprised central nervous system. Bacterial infection related to the multiple STDs could certainly have caused this collapse. The time demands of this man's work, the lack of medical facilities to diagnose and treat such conditions, his unprotected sexual behavior with multiple partners, and broader socioeconomic conditions which separate wage- earning males from their families in Africa conspire to produce multiply-afflicted cases such as these.

Topics: Adult; Anti-Infective Agents; Chancroid; Ciprofloxacin; Condylomata Acuminata; Gonorrhea; HIV Seropositivity; Humans; Injections, Intravenous; Kenya; Male; Risk Factors; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Tetracycline

To assess the effects of antibiotic treatment of urethritis or cervicitis on the incidence of recurrences of articular symptoms in Reiter's syndrome patients.. Retrospective evaluation of the medical charts of 109 patients living in Greenland.. Thirty-seven percent of the episodes of genitourinary tract inflammation that were not treated or were treated with penicillin were followed by arthritis, compared with 10% of those treated with tetracycline or erythromycin.. Antibiotics active against Chlamydia trachomatis reduced the risk of postvenereal arthritis in the population studied.

Topics: Adult; Arthritis; Arthritis, Reactive; Erythromycin; Female; Greenland; Humans; Incidence; Inuit; Male; Penicillins; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis; Uterine Cervicitis

Topics: Clinical Protocols; Doxycycline; Humans; Penicillin G; Penicillin G Benzathine; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

Recent guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control discuss prevention and control of Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Chlamydia trachomatis is the commonest sexually transmitted infection in the United States. The rate of infection has increased in the past 10 years. The guidelines do not discuss control of trachoma and only briefly discuss lymphogranuloma venereum. Education of health care professionals and the public about C. trachomatis is recommended, along with the establishment of a nationwide surveillance system.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; Chlamydia Infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Doxycycline; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Pregnancy; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; United States

We have evaluated the cost-effectiveness of using cell culture to test for chlamydial infections in 9979 patients at a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. From results of cultures, we have established prevalence data and, using decision-theory analysis, have calculated costs and probabilities of various outcomes. According to their histories and presenting signs and symptoms, patients were classified as at high or low risk for chlamydial infections. Empiric treatment of all patients attending the clinic was the most cost-effective strategy, followed by empiric treatment of high-risk women and culture-based treatment of low-risk women. Obtaining cultures for men at high and low risk was not cost-effective. If universal treatment is not provided, the most cost-effective strategy appears to be empiric therapy in patients at high risk for chlamydial infections and therapy based on diagnostic test results in women at low risk.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bacteriological Techniques; Cells, Cultured; Child; Chlamydia Infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Risk; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

The prevalence of antimicrobial substances in the urine of new patients attending a genitourinary department and patients reattending with a new condition (rebook patients) was 4.1% (33 of 812 patients). Only 17 of 33 patients (52%) found to have an antimicrobial in the urine declared their antimicrobial intake at their initial physician interview and examination. The presence of antimicrobial substances had little influence on the diagnosis or management of patients.

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chlamydia trachomatis; Female; Humans; Male; Medical History Taking; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Penicillins; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

In the absence of a cure or vaccine for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) educational and social marketing efforts to reduce the transmission of Human T-lymphotropic type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV) are currently our best hope for controlling the disease. Since 1983, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has funded a series of research studies to determine whether education efforts can successfully motivate the adoption of key behaviors relevant to the control of a variety of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Analysis of the first two studies which are now completed, and preliminary data from a third study, have documented dramatic changes in behavior, knowledge, and attitudes among clients in inner-city public health clinics. The authors describe the principles and underlying assumptions that have guided the design of their STD initiatives, drawing special attention to the implications for AIDS health education efforts.. The results of a series of 3 research studies to determine whether education efforts can successfully motivate the adoption of key behaviors relevant to the control of a variety of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are reported, and some of the similarities and differences are examined between prevention efforts such as those reported, which are aimed at the more traditional STDs, and possible acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) risk-reduction strategies. With the important exceptions of condom promotion and sex partner notification/referral, the behavioral objectives focused the the 3 studies are unrelated to objectives one would target in an AIDS risk-reduction program. The fact that AIDS is both incurable and fatal distinguishes it from the other STDs. The serious attention directed to AIDS which has resulted is in marked contrast to the often cavalier attitude that many segments of the public take toward gonorrhea, syphillis, and other STDs for which there are cures. Another difference between AIDS risk-reduction and other STD prevention efforts is their location, i.e., most STD prevention efforts have occurred in clinics. For AIDS prevention messageses, educators must reach high-risk groups in the general public who have not been exposed yet or who have been exposed but are asymptomatic. Yet, despite the problems, with creativity and the thoughtful use of multiple channels of communications, AIDS prevention messages will be heard. Recent social marketing campaigns illustrate the range of creativity that can be brought to a community effort. It is particularly well suited for promoting condoms, whose use is critical to reducing HTLV-III/LAV transmission among both homsexuals and heterosexuals. Drama-based methods are especially relevant to AIDS risk-reduction efforts. They offer an excellent means of modeling the communication and interpersonal skills that are fundamental to the behavior changes sought. Drama-based videotapes, for example, would be especially useful for seropositive men and women who face exceptional stress as a consequence of learning their diagnosis. Clinic-based videotapes would be good resources for counselors of seropositive men who face the prospect of telling their diagnosis to wives and women friends who may never have suspected they would be at risk. Drama-based videotapes are not the only ways to create identification or motivate behavior change. Peer education, individual counseling, and social marke

Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; Contraceptive Devices, Male; Female; Gonorrhea; Health Education; Homosexuality; Humans; Male; Risk; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Videotape Recording

Topics: Chlamydia Infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Female; Humans; Male; Retrospective Studies; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urogenital System

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents, Local; Drug Administration Schedule; Erythromycin; Female; Humans; Male; Metronidazole; New York City; Penicillins; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Sulfisoxazole; Tetracycline

Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular parasites, bacteria with a peculiar biology. They belong to the genus Chlamydia which includes two species: C. psittaci and C. trachomatis. A wide range of hosts, including birds, mammals and man can be infected by chlamydiae. The diseases chlamydiae can produce include psittacosis, lymphogranuloma venereum, trachoma, inclusion conjunctivitis, urethritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and neonatal pneumonia. The diagnosis of chlamydial infection may be made by visualization of the organism in direct smears, isolation of the agent in cell culture, or by demonstrating a significant rise in antibody titer. Chlamydial infection may be treated with tetracycline, erythromycin, or sulfonamides.

Topics: Adult; Arthritis, Reactive; Child; Chlamydia Infections; Conjunctivitis, Inclusion; Epididymitis; Erythromycin; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Male; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Pneumonia; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Trachoma; Urethritis; Uterine Cervicitis

Chlamydia trachomatis is being recognized as an important sexually transmitted disease in adolescents and young adults. This report reviews the recent literature regarding the many clinical entities encompassed by this organism; this includes urethritis and cervicitis as well as epididymitis, salpingitis, peritonitis, perihepatitis, urethral syndrome, Reiter syndrome, arthritis, endocarditis, and others. It is emphasized that many aspects of chlamydial infections parallel those of gonorrhea, including incidence, transmission, carrier state, reservoir, complications, (local and systemic), and others. A paragonococcal spectrum of sexual chlamydial disorders is discussed as well as effective antibiotic therapy. This microbiological agent must always be considered if venereal disease is suspected by the clinician in teenagers or adults. Mixed infections with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are common in both males and females. It may be preferable to treat gonorrhea with tetracycline to cover for this possibility.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Chlamydia Infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Male; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis; Uterine Cervicitis

Topics: Chlamydia Infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Female; Humans; Male; Minocycline; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis

Topics: Chlamydia Infections; Female; Fetus; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; Pregnancy; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

We have briefly presented practical approaches to the management of the most common disorders caused by sexually transmitted pathogens, including pelvic inflammatory disease, urethritis in men, genital lesions, vaginal discharge, and syphilis. Guidelines for the management of gonorrhea may change if penicillin-resistant strains become more prevalent. Areas which require further research include the treatment of genital herpes and the prevention of recurrences, the treatment of nonspecific vaginitis, and definition of the importance of metronidazole toxicity.

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal; Female; Genital Diseases, Female; Genital Diseases, Male; Gonorrhea; Herpesviridae Infections; Humans; Male; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Penicillin G; Pharyngeal Diseases; Pregnancy; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Urethritis; Vaginitis

Topics: Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

The current methods of treating and reporting non-specific genital infection (NSGI) are described. The most commonly used drug was tetracycline in one or other form. Epidemiological treatment was widely used, particularly for female sexual contacts. There was considerable variation in the reporting criteria for the quarterly returns. The establishment of acceptable and uniform criteria for notification of NSGI is discussed.

Topics: Alcohol Drinking; Drug Administration Schedule; England; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Homosexuality; Humans; Male; Medical Records; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; Oxytetracycline; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Tetracyclines; Wales

Asymptomatic gonorrhea is significantly common in both males and females. A patient with one sexually transmitted disease (STD) is more likely to have an asymptomatic gonorrheal infection. A physician seeing a patient with an STD should obtain a culture for Neisseria gonorrhoeae to check for a possible asymptomatic infection. Routine culturing of this sexually active population will help to control the increasing incidence of gonorrhea. Appropriate treatment should be initiated by the physician who makes the diagnosis of gonorrhea.

Topics: Aftercare; Ampicillin; Female; Genital Diseases, Female; Genital Diseases, Male; Gonorrhea; Humans; Male; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Penicillin G Procaine; Penicillin Resistance; Pharyngeal Diseases; Probenecid; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Spectinomycin; Tetracycline

Topics: Chlamydia Infections; Dimethyl Sulfoxide; Drug Combinations; Female; Gonorrhea; Herpes Simplex; Humans; Idoxuridine; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Male; Penicillins; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Tetracycline

The worldwide increase in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases confronts the physician to an increasing extent with this group of infections. The high morbidity and the change in the clinical picture of gonorrhea, especially its asymptomatic form, give rise to extragenital complications which frequently lead the patient to the internal specialist in the first instance. Non-gonorrheal urethritis, in particular the infectious form, is undergoing intensive research. A number of organisms may be responsible, but a non-infectious origin must also be kept in mind. Syphilis is still important. The late stages of the disease have become rare thanks to highly effective therapy with antibiotics. The early stages of the infection, however, must always be considered in the differential diagnosis of any genital or anal affection, and also in generalized exanthemas of unknown origin. Homosexual transmission presents diagnostic problems of its own. Serological mass screening is essential. Interpretation of the results must take into account the different specificity of the various serological tests and their indication.

Topics: Erythromycin; Family Practice; Female; Gonorrhea; Hepatitis; Humans; Male; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Penicillins; Proctitis; Sepsis; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Urethritis

Chlamydia organisms were found in 42 per cent of patients with non-specific urethritis and these organisms probably were the cause of the urethritis. Contact is by venereal means. The drug of choice is 500 mg. tetracycline every 6 hours for 10 days.

Topics: Chlamydia Infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Female; Humans; Male; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis

The statistics relating to the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in many developing countries are not available and where there are, they are unreliable. Nevertheless, the impression of many physicians is that they constitute serious public health problems as they are endemic in some developing countries. The facilities for diagnosis and treatment of the diseases have been briefly discussed. The merits and the demerits of various antimicrobial agents have been outlined with the causes of failure of treatment in the developing countries. The economic importance of the "traitment minute" in the tropical environment has been stressed because of its economic advantage in terms of time spent in overcrowded hospitals. The resultant effect of the widescale misuse of antibiotics in developing countries has been suggested as a cause of the increasing resistant strains encountered. A plea is made for stricter control of the antimicrobial agents in developing countries.

Topics: Ampicillin; Developing Countries; Gonorrhea; Humans; Penicillins; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Spectinomycin; Substance-Related Disorders; Tetracycline

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chlamydia Infections; Dimethyl Sulfoxide; Female; Gonorrhea; Herpes Simplex; Humans; Idoxuridine; Immunotherapy; Male; Penicillins; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Tetracycline

Meatal swabs were obtained at intervals over 1 year from 23 men in the Antarctic. A 5-day course of tetracycline was given to twelve of them. In retrospect it was found that the antibiotic had been received by two men who were harbouring ureaplasmas, one of whom also had M. hominis. After treatment, these organisms were not found in any of the swabs taken over the next year, except in a swab from one of the men following sexual contact after this time. One of the twelve men developed N.S.U. just before arriving in the Antarctic. He responded clinically to a shorter course of tetracycline and ureplasmas were not recovered from a meatal swab immediately thereafter. However, without further sexual contact, ureaplasmas and disease recurred about a month later. This time, after a 5-day course of tetracycline, disease was not seen, and ureaplasmas were not isolated, over the next year. In contrast, ureaplasmas were isolated consistently over a year from two men who were not given the antibiotic. The evidence strongly suggests that, under natural conditions, the most likely cause of mycoplasmas, particularly ureaplasmas, recurring in the genital tract after apparently adequate tetracycline therapy, is re-infection as a result of sexual re-exposure.

Topics: Antarctic Regions; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Ureaplasma

A patient with nonspecific urethritis (NSU) and his consort were examined for infection with NSU corynebacteria, mycoplasmas, and gonococci. No classic and T-mycoplasmas or gonococci were cultured, but one species of NSU corynebacteria was isolated not only from the patient's urethral discharge during three episodes of NSU but also from his consort. It was not isolated after successful treatment of the patient with tetracycline and the use of condoms prevented reoccurrence of urethritis. This NSU corynebacterium was isolated previously from one epididymitis patient and two NSU patients but not from any of the normal male and female subjects examined. Therefore, this strain is considered to be one of the etiologic agents of NSU and female subjects are asymptomatic carriers. In consequence, it is suggested that NSU corynebacteria which are commensals and pathogens of the male and female urogenital tracts should be incorporated in a new species, of the Coryneform group, and that this strain should be the type species, Corynebacterium genitalium n. sp.

Topics: Adult; Contraceptive Devices, Male; Corynebacterium; Corynebacterium Infections; Female; Humans; Male; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis

Nongonococcal urethritis may now account for most cases of symptomatic urethritis seen at VD clinics in the United States. Well-controlled etiologic studies in nongonococcal urethritis have implicated Chlamydia in over 40% of cases but the etiology of Chlamydia-negative cases remains uncertain. Tetracycline provides effective antimicrobial therapy, but tests for cure are often inadequate, and distinguishing relapse and reinfection is difficult. For tetracycline-allergic patients, erythromycin should be used. Control measures to decrease transmission of nongonococcal urethritis are not well established.

Topics: Chlamydia Infections; Erythromycin; Female; Humans; Male; Mycoplasma Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Trichomonas Infections; Ureaplasma; Urethritis

Gonococcal pharyngitis has been correlated with fellatio in both heterosexual females and homosexual males. This report describes another complication of fellatio, group A beta-eaemolytic streptococcal pyroderma on the penis after exposure to a male who probably had pharyngitis. the erythematous, purulent lesions should be cultured. After the organism has been identified, adequate treatment with either a long-acting parenteral penicillin or a 10-day course of oral penicillin is important in order to prevent the possible life-threatening complication of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.

Topics: Adult; Homosexuality; Humans; Male; Penile Diseases; Pyoderma; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Streptococcal Infections; Tetracycline

The improved control over most infectious disease does not extend to venereal infections, and these now provide the major medical problem encountered in wartime. This factor should be recognized when staff and facilities are being provided for wartime medical services. Unique problems of management of both physical and psychological illness may result from promiscuity in a foreign land during war, and specialist venereologists are as necessary as surgeons and physicians.

Topics: Australia; Chancroid; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Male; Military Medicine; Penile Diseases; Seasons; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Skin Ulcer; Streptomycin; Sulfisoxazole; Tetracycline; Urethritis; Vietnam; Warfare; Warts

Topics: Chlamydia; Chlamydia Infections; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Pharyngitis; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

Topics: Administration, Oral; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Male; Penicillins; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Urethritis

Topics: Bacterial Infections; Bone Development; Child; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Female; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Pregnancy; Respiratory Tract Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

Topics: Adult; Cervix Mucus; Child; Family Practice; Female; Humans; Leukocytes; Male; Oxytetracycline; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis

Topics: Ampicillin; Canada; Communicable Disease Control; Disease Outbreaks; Erythromycin; Ethics, Medical; Government; Humans; Legislation, Medical; Penicillins; Personal Health Services; Physician-Patient Relations; Public Opinion; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Social Change; Spectinomycin; Tetracycline; Vaginal Smears

Topics: Bacteriological Techniques; Benzoates; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Iodobenzoates; Jurisprudence; Nevada; Sex Work; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Vaginal Smears

Topics: Adolescent; Age Factors; Canada; Candida albicans; Chloramphenicol; Doxycycline; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Juvenile Delinquency; Kanamycin; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Trichomonas vaginalis

Topics: Adult; Humans; Male; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis

Topics: Chancroid; Drug Combinations; Erythromycin; Female; Gonorrhea; Granuloma Inguinale; Humans; Injections, Intramuscular; Kanamycin; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Male; Metronidazole; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Rifampin; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Streptomycin; Sulfamethoxazole; Sulfonamides; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Trimethoprim; Urethritis

Topics: Administration, Oral; Biopsy; Chancroid; Drug Tolerance; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Hospitalization; Humans; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Methylamines; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Staining and Labeling; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Time Factors

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Female; Gonorrhea; Humans; Intrauterine Devices; Metronidazole; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Nigeria; Nystatin; Penicillin Resistance; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Trichomonas Vaginitis

Topics: Administration, Oral; Bacteria; Dermatitis; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Medication Errors; Mycoplasma; Respiratory Tract Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urinary Tract Infections; Viruses

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aminopyrine; Animals; Aspirin; Basophils; Drug Eruptions; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Penicillins; Rabbits; Serologic Tests; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Skin Tests; Streptomycin; Sulfamethazine; Tetracycline

Topics: Chlamydia Infections; Female; Granuloma Inguinale; Humans; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Male; Mycoplasma Infections; Proctitis; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis; Uterine Cervicitis; Vaginitis

Topics: Australia; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Gonorrhea; Humans; Male; Penicillins; Sex Factors; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Syphilis Serodiagnosis; Syphilis, Congenital; Syphilis, Latent; Tetracycline; Urethritis

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Communicable Disease Control; Diagnosis, Differential; Drug Resistance; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Ethylenediamines; Gonorrhea; Humans; Mycoplasma; Penicillin G; Penicillin G Benzathine; Philippines; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline; Urethritis

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chancroid; Granuloma Inguinale; Humans; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Pathology; Podophyllum; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

Topics: Chemoprevention; Child; Communicable Disease Control; Humans; Malaria; Penicillins; Preventive Medicine; Rheumatic Fever; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Streptococcal Infections; Tetracycline; Tuberculosis; Whooping Cough

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Humans; Phosphates; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chancroid; Gonorrhea; Humans; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tetracycline