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