Author/Editor | Matičič, Mojca | |
Title | Spolno prenosljive okužbe v tropih | |
Translated title | Sexually transmitted infections in tropics | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Med Razgl | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 39, št. Suppl 8 | |
Publication year | 2000 | |
Volume | str. 85-95 | |
Language | slo | |
Abstract | Sexually transmitted infections in the tropics are a complex health care problem regarding the incidence and prevalence of both "modern" as well as "classical" ones. Some of them are endemic in these areas. Diagnostic and therapeutic facilities are often limited due to local economic and cultural status. Genital ulcerative sexually transmitted infections with adenopathy are very common and complications due to untreated infections are widespread. Heterosexual transmission of HIV infection is dominant in contrast to the industrialised western world and is epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. This review focuses on the most common sexually transmitted infections in the tropics regarding their clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment, and presents algorythms for the management of patients with certain clinical symptoms of sexually transmitted infections. | |
Summary | Spolno prenosljive okužbe v tropih predstavljajo poseben zdravstveni problem, saj tam beležijo visoko pojavnost in obolevnost tako "klasičnih" kot "modernih" spolno prenosljivih bolezni. Nekatere izmed prvih so endemično omejene le na ta področja. Posebne gospodarske in kulturne značilnosti dežel v tropih pa močno omejujejo tudi diagnostične in terapevtske možnosti pri njihovem obvladovanju. Značilno so v tropih zelo pogoste spolno prenosljive okužbe z razjedami in povečanimi bezgavkami, zelo pogosti so zapleti nezdravljenih okužb, prisotna pa je tudi značilna epidemioloigija okužbe s HIV, ki se tam prenaša večinoma heteroseksualno in je predvsem v podsaharski Afriki epidemičnih razsežnosti. Predstavljene so značilnosti posameznih spolno prenosljivih okužb v tropih in algoritmi pristopa k bolniku z najpogostejšimi kliničnimi znaki spolno prenosljivih okužb v teh predelih. | |
Descriptors | TRAVEL TROPICAL CLIMATE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SYPHILIS CHANCROID GRANULOMA INGUINALE LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM HERPES GENITALIS GONORRHEA CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS PAPOVAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS PAPILLOMAVIRUS, HUMAN HIV INFECTIONS HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN URETHRITIS VAGINAL DISCHARGE |