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Drug treatment of sexually transmittable diseases
Author(s) -
Philpot C. Ross
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb99373.x
Subject(s) - genital herpes , urethritis , medicine , vaginitis , reproductive health , drug , family medicine , syphilis , gynecology , virology , psychiatry , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , virus , herpes simplex virus
Sexually transmittable diseases are an important group of conditions which frequently confront the Australian family practitioner. Primarycare health workers need especially to know how to deal with acute urethritis, persistent vaginitis and recurrent genital herpes, and should be aware of the rapidly spreading world‐wide epidemic of drug‐resistant gonorrhoea. The drug treatment aspects of managing sexually transmitted diseases in Australia are summarised.