Infections in Pregnancy

Infections in Pregnancy Edited by Larry C. Gilstrap, III, M.D., and Sebastian Faro, M.D., Ph.D. Infections in Pregnancy provides the practicing clinician with precise guidelines for the management of these infections in the pregnant or breast-feeding patient. Featuring contributions from well-known investigators who have extensive experience treating obstetric patients with bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infections, this manual focuses on providing the clinician with all the information needed to effectively deal with a wide range of both common and rare infectious diseases. Unique in that it concentrates on obstetric infections rather than infectious diseases of the female, the book covers herpes simplex, hepatitis, cytomegalic virus, and human papilloma virus in pregnancy. Sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, lymphogranuloma, syphilis, and scables are also examined. The work includes microflora of the genital tract, acute chorioamnionitis, soft tissue infection, postpartum endometritis, and group B streptococcal infection. Primarily for obstetricians and gynecologists, Infections in Pregnancy will also be of interest to physicians in family practice and internal medicine.