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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Tarek Nafee, M.D. [2]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Classification
| Transmission | Clinical Presentation | Disease | Diagnosis | Mother to Child Transmission | Most Serious Complications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory studies | Clinical Diagnosis | Vertical Transmission | Trans-vaginal transmission | ||||
| Primarily sexually transmitted | Genital Dermatological Manifestation (e.g., ulcers, chancre, vesicles, warts, sores, balanitis etc.) |
HPV | ✔ | ✔ | Cervical Cancer | ||
| HSV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Severe pruritis/discomfort | ||
| Syphilis | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Neurosyphilis Cardiosyphilis | |||
| Scabies | ✔ | ✔ | Moderate to Severe pruritis/discomfort | ||||
| Pubic lice | ✔ | ✔ | Moderate to Severe pruritis/discomfort | ||||
| Candidiasis (in males) |
✔ | Mild to moderate pruritis/discomfort | |||||
| Generalized Symptoms (e.g. constitutional symptoms) |
HIV | ✔ | ✔ | Primary CNS Lymphoma Immunosuppression (AIDS) | |||
| Syphilis | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Neurosyphilis Cardiosyphilis | |||
| Urogenital infections (e.g.,Vaginitis, Urethritis, Cervicitis, and PID) |
Gonorrhea | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | PID | ||
| Chlamydia | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | PID | |||
| Syphilis | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Neurosyphilis Cardiosyphilis | |||
| Mycoplasma genitalium | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?????? | ||
| Trichomonas vaginalis | ✔ | ✔ | Mild to moderate pruritis/discomfort | ||||
| Less frequently sexually transmitted | Generalized Symptoms (e.g. constitutional symptoms) |
Zika Virus | ✔ | ✔ | Vertical transmission and Congenital abnormalities | ||
| Hepatitis B | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Liver cirrhosis | |||
| Hepatitis C | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | |||
| Urogenital Infections (e.g.,Vaginitis, Urethritis, Cervicitis, and PID) |
Gardnerella vaginalis | ✔ | ✔ | Moderate to severe discomfort | |||
| Candidiasis (in females) |
✔ | Moderate to severe pruritis/discomfort | |||||
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | ✔ | ✔ | Moderate to severe pruritis/discomfort | ||||