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Current Concepts in Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are the most common infectious diseases worldwide, with over 350 million new cases occurring each year, and have far-reaching health, social, and economic consequences. Failure to diagnose and treat STDs at an early stage may result in serious complications and s...
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The Korean Urological Association
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198230/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22025952 http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2011.52.9.589 |
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description | Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are the most common infectious diseases worldwide, with over 350 million new cases occurring each year, and have far-reaching health, social, and economic consequences. Failure to diagnose and treat STDs at an early stage may result in serious complications and sequelae. STDs are passed from person to person primarily by sexual contact and are classified into varied groups. Some cause mild, acute symptoms and some are life-threatening. They are caused by many different infectious organisms and are treated in different ways. Syphilis and gonorrhea are ancient afflictions. Now, however, Chlamydia is prevalent and has become the most common bacterial STD. Antimicrobial resistance of several sexually transmitted pathogens is increasing, rendering some regimens ineffective, adding to therapeutic problems. A standardized treatment protocol for STDs is recommended to ensure that all patients receive adequate treatment. Appropriate treatment of STDs is an important public health measure. |
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spelling | pubmed-31982302011-10-24 Current Concepts in Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases Shim, Bong Suk Korean J Urol Review Article Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are the most common infectious diseases worldwide, with over 350 million new cases occurring each year, and have far-reaching health, social, and economic consequences. Failure to diagnose and treat STDs at an early stage may result in serious complications and sequelae. STDs are passed from person to person primarily by sexual contact and are classified into varied groups. Some cause mild, acute symptoms and some are life-threatening. They are caused by many different infectious organisms and are treated in different ways. Syphilis and gonorrhea are ancient afflictions. Now, however, Chlamydia is prevalent and has become the most common bacterial STD. Antimicrobial resistance of several sexually transmitted pathogens is increasing, rendering some regimens ineffective, adding to therapeutic problems. A standardized treatment protocol for STDs is recommended to ensure that all patients receive adequate treatment. Appropriate treatment of STDs is an important public health measure. The Korean Urological Association 2011-09 2011-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3198230/ /pubmed/22025952 http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2011.52.9.589 Text en © The Korean Urological Association, 2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Shim, Bong Suk Current Concepts in Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
title | Current Concepts in Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
title_full | Current Concepts in Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
title_fullStr | Current Concepts in Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
title_full_unstemmed | Current Concepts in Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
title_short | Current Concepts in Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
title_sort | current concepts in bacterial sexually transmitted diseases |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198230/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22025952 http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2011.52.9.589 |
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