title: Managing sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women.
abstract: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) constitute a major public health problem in the UK and may result in very costly complications. Many STIs pose the risk of a number of adverse pregnancy outcomes including miscarriage, still birth, preterm delivery, low birth weight and ophthalmia neonatorum. National guidelines for the management of STIs are produced and regularly revised by the British Association of Sexual Heath and HIV. This review outlines the latest recommended treatment options during pregnancy for the commonly encountered STIs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK. nadi.gupta@sth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Nadi K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bowman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000628:therapy*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006113:United Kingdom