Document 0478
 DOCN  M9440478
 TI    Sexually transmitted and genital tract infections during pregnancy.
 DT    9404
 AU    Martens KA; Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood,
       Illinois.
 SO    Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1994 Feb;12(1):91-113. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94139637
 AB    Sexually transmitted diseases comprise one of the most common medical
       complications of pregnancy. Prompt treatment is essential to minimize
       the risk of fetal and neonatal adverse consequences. At this time,
       however, no pharmacologic therapy is routinely employed for the viral
       STDs during pregnancy, including HIV, HSV, and hepatitis B virus.
       Appropriate antibiotic treatment, considered in the context of fetal
       drug effects, provides high cure rates for many of the other sexually
       transmitted agents. The approach of the emergency physician to STDs
       centers on recognition and treatment; however, all physicians
       encountering this patient population have a responsibility to facilitate
       access to primary prophylaxis for STD. This means ensuring that issues
       related to education regarding transmission of STDs, safer sex, and
       sexual contact counseling are addressed initially or via a primary care
       referral. In the appropriate setting, complications of pregnancy due to
       STDs should also be addressed.
 DE    Female  *Genital Diseases, Female  Human  Pregnancy  *Pregnancy
       Complications, Infectious  Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic  *Sexually
       Transmitted Diseases  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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