[Up to date in sexually transmitted infections: epidemiology, diagnostic approaches and treatments].
In the last years, there have been important advances in sexually transmitted infections such as genome sequencing of Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis or Mycoplasma genitalium; the new taxonomic position of Calymmatobacterium granulomatis; commercial diagnostic systems based on nucleic acid amplification; the emergence of quinolone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae; new therapeutic approaches in vulvovaginal candidiasis that include boric acid; the demonstration that valacyclovir reduces the risk of transmission of genital herpes or the availability of immune-response modifier in the treatment of genital warts, and that are questions in the goal of this review. Viral hepatitis and HIV were no reviewed by space reasons.
Vázquez
Fernando
F
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Monte Naranco, Departamento de Biología Funcional, Area de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. fvazquez@uniovi.es
Otero
Luis
L
Ordás
José
J
Junquera
María Luisa
ML
Varela
José Antonio
JA
D006801:Humans; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy