title: Maternal and infant sexually transmitted diseases.
abstract: Sexually transmitted infection may result in serious damage to the reproductive tract of the mother, damage to the fetus, wastage of pregnancy, or illness or death of the infant. The effects of gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, mycoplasmal infections, group B streptococcus infections, syphilis, and viral infections are discussed separately for both mother and infant.
mesh_terms: D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission; D009180:Mycoplasmatales Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000635:transmission; D012306:Risk; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D013587:Syphilis / Q000635:transmission; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000635:transmission; D014509:Ureaplasma