Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Genital infections, sexually transmitted diseases

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

Bacterial vaginosis

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • The effects of antimicrobial therapy on bacterial vaginosis in non-pregnant women
    • Probiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • UK National Guideline for the management of Bacterial Vaginosis 2012 [2012]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • UK national guideline for the management of bacterial vaginosis 2012. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2012]
• United States of America
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
    • Evidence on the Benefits and Harms of Screening and Treating Pregnant Women Who Are Asymptomatic for Bacterial Vaginosis: An Update Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [2008]
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Bacterial Vaginosis
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Bacterial vaginosis. New York State Department of Health [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of the Medical Sciences
    • The Microbiota of the Vagina and Its Influence on Women’s Health and Disease [2012]
  • Anaerobe
    • Interpreting the Epidemiology and Natural History of Bacterial Vaginosis: Are We Still Confused? [2011]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Bacterial vaginosis - More questions than answers [2009]
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • The vaginal microbiome: New information about genital tract flora using molecular based techniques [2011]
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
    • Antiseptics and disinfectants for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a systematic review [2012]
    • The epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis in relation to sexual behaviour [2010]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Bacterial vaginosis: more questions than answers [2004]
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Metronidazole Is Still the Drug of Choice for Treatment of Anaerobic Infections [2010]
    • Sexual Risk Factors and Bacterial Vaginosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2008]
  • Current Clinical Pharmacology
    • Bacterial Vaginosis, Atopobium vaginae and Nifuratel [2012]
  • eMedicine
    • Bacterial Vaginosis
  • Journal of Applied Microbiology
    • The aetiology of bacterial vaginosis [2011]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • Vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections: an epidemiologic perspective [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Vulvitis, vaginitis
    • Bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy

Candidiasis

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Oral versus intra-vaginal imidazole and triazole anti-fungal treatment of uncomplicated vulvovaginal candidiasis (thrush).
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • United Kingdom National Guideline on the Management of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (2007) [2007]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Fungal Infections
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of candidiasis: 2009 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America [2009]
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    • Vaginal Yeast Infection
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Review of Application of Clotrimazole for topical or intravaginal use in vulvovaginal candidiasis [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis – current management [2011]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Vulvovaginal candidiasis [2003]
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Candida Infections of the Genitourinary Tract [2010]
  • Infection and Immunity
    • Anticandidal Immunity and Vaginitis: Novel Opportunities for Immune Intervention [2007]
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
    • Probiotics for prevention of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a review [2006]
  • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
    • Candida albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteinases in Virulence and Pathogenesis [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Vulvitis, vaginitis
    • Candidiasis in pregnancy and newborn

Cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease

• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • UK National Guideline for the Management of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 2011 [2011]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • UK national guideline for the management of pelvic inflammatory disease 2011. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2011]
    • Management of acute pelvic inflammatory disease. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [2008]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Management of Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease [2009]
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Pelvic inflammatory disease. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Evaluation of Acute Pelvic Pain in Women [2010]
    • The Challenge of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease [2006]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Pelvic inflammatory disease [2006]
  • Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Improving Adherence to Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: A Systematic Review [2012]
    • Treatment of Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease [2011]
    • Nonhuman Primate Models Used to Study Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Caused by Chlamydia trachomatis [2011]
    • Mycoplasma genitalium: An Emerging Cause of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases
    • Gonorrhea
    • Chlamydia infections

Chancroid

• Australia
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Chancroid [2012]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • 2007 National Guideline for the Management of Chancroid [2007]
• United States of America
  • Minnesota Department of Health
    • Chancroid
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Chancroid. New York State Department of Health [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology
    • The laboratory diagnosis of Haemophilus ducreyi [2005]
  • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
    • Host-pathogen Interplay of Haemophilus ducreyi [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Chlamydia infections

• Australia
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
    • The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2012]
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Chlamydia [2012]
• Europe
  • EuroSurveillance
    • Europe-wide investigation to assess the presence of new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in Europe [2007]
• Finland
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Chlamydial urethritis and cervicitis. Finnish Medical Society Duodecim [2011]
• Netherlands
  • Health Council of the Netherlands
    • Screening for Chlamydia [2004]
• New Zealand
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Chlamydia Management Guidelines [2008]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • Chlamydia trachomatis UK Testing Guidelines [2010]
    • Testing for chlamydia - the "window period" [2008]
    • 2006 UK National Guideline for the Management of Genital Tract Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis [2006]
  • British Fertility Society
    • Impact of Chlamydia trachomatis in the reproductive setting: British Fertility Society Guidelines for Practice [2011]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Genital chlamydia
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of rapid point-of-care tests for the detection of genital chlamydia infection in women and men [2010]
    • Epidemiological, social, diagnostic and economic evaluation of population screening for genital chlamydial infection [2007]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Chlamydia trachomatis: UK testing guidelines. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2010]
    • Management of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection. A national clinical guideline.  Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network [2009]
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
    • Management of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection [2009]
• United States of America
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Chlamydia
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • CDC Grand Rounds: Chlamydia Prevention: Challenges and Strategies for Reducing Disease Burden and Sequelae [2011]
  • Minnesota Department of Health
    • Chlamydia
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Chlamydial Infection [Guideline synthesis]
    • Chlamydial infections. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Chlamydial Infection [2007]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • The Vaginal Introitus: A Novel Site for Chlamydia Trachomatis Testing [2000]
    • Screening all sexually active adolescent females for Chlamydia every 6 months: a new guideline [2000]
• WHO
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Chlamydia
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection [2006]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Screening for chlamydia with the Pap test [2006]
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
    • Efficacy of interventions to increase the uptake of chlamydia testing in primary care: a systematic review [2011]
  • BMC Public Health
    • Interventions for increasing chlamydia screening in primary care: a review [2007]
    • Implementing chlamydia screening: what do women think? A systematic review of the literature [2006]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Cost effectiveness of home based population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in the UK: economic evaluation of chlamydia screening studies (ClaSS) project [2007]
    • Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia at a community based contraceptive service for young people [2003]
    • Cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection [2003]
  • Cell Stress and Chaperones
    • Immunopathogenic consequences of Chlamydia trachomatis 60 kDa heat shock protein expression in the female reproductive tract [2010]
  • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
    • Immunity and vaccines against sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infection [2011]
  • Drugs of Today
    • Chlamydia trachomatis today: treatment, detection, immunogenetics and the need for a greater global understanding of chlamydial disease pathogenesis [2009]
  • Future Microbiology
    • Antibiotic resistance in Chlamydiae [2010]
  • Human Reproduction Update
    • Chlamydia antibody testing and diagnosing tubal pathology in subfertile women: an individual patient data meta-analysis [2011]
    • Epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women and the cost-effectiveness of screening [2010]
    • Chlamydia trachomatis-associated tubal factor subfertility: immunogenetic aspects and serological screening [2006]
  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
    • Development of a Chlamydia trachomatis T-cell vaccine [2010]
  • Infection and Immunity
    • Vaccination against Chlamydia Genital Infection Utilizing the Murine C. muridarum Model [2011]
    • Chlamydial Persistence: beyond the Biphasic Paradigm [2004]
  • Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Chlamydia trachomatis Vaccine Research through the Years [2011]
    • Antichlamydial Antibodies, Human Fertility, and Pregnancy Wastage [2011]
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
    • Effectiveness of chlamydia screening: systematic review [2009]
    • Overestimation of complication rates in evaluations of Chlamydia trachomatis screening programmes--implications for cost-effectiveness analyses [2004]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • New insights into a persistent problem — chlamydial infections [2003]
  • Journal of Infectious Diseases
    • Screening and Treatment to Prevent Sequelae in Women with Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection: How Much Do We Know? [2010]
    • Risk of Sequelae after Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection in Women [2010]
    • Protective Immunity to Chlamydial Genital Infection: Evidence from Animal Studies [2010]
    • Protective Immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection: Evidence from Human Studies [2010]
    • Pathogenesis of Genital Tract Disease Due to Chlamydia trachomatis [2010]
    • Duration of Untreated, Uncomplicated Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection and Factors Associated with Chlamydia Resolution: A Review of Human Studies [2010]
    • Duration of Untreated Chlamydial Genital Infection and Factors Associated with Clearance: Review of Animal Studies [2010]
    • Chlamydia trachomatis Strains and Virulence: Rethinking Links to Infection Prevalence and Disease Severity [2010]
  • Journal of Reproductive Immunology
    • Chlamydial Protease-Like Activity Factor- Insights into Immunity and Vaccine Development [2009]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Chlamydia screening — Australia should strive to achieve what others have not [2008]
    • Screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection: are men the forgotten reservoir? [2003]
  • Trends in Microbiology
    • Killing me softly: chlamydial use of proteolysis for evading host defenses [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases
    • Lymphogranuloma venereum
    • Chlamydia infection in pregnancy
    • Cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease

Condylomata acuminata (genital warts)

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • 5-FU for genital warts in non-immunocompromised individuals
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • United Kingdom National Guideline on the Management of Anogenital Warts, 2007 [2007]
• United States of America
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Recommendations on the Use of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Males — Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011 [2011]
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Warts Referral Guidelines [2009]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Genital warts. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Genital Warts
• Articles in journals
  • Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica
    • Cutaneous manifestations of human papillomaviruses: a review [2011]
  • American Family Physician
    • Management of Genital Warts [2004]
  • Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
    • Sexually transmitted papillomavirus infections: epidemiology pathogenesis, clinic, morphology, important differential diagnostic aspects, current diagnostic and treatment options [2009]
  • BMC Cancer
    • Estimation of the epidemiological burden of human papillomavirus-related cancers and non-malignant diseases in men in Europe: a review [2012]
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
    • Interferon for the treatment of genital warts: a systematic review [2009]
  • Clinical Medicine & Research
    • An Armamentarium of Wart Treatments [2006]
  • Dermatology Online Journal
    • An evidence-based review of medical and surgical treatments of genital warts [2006]
  • Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
    • Human papillomavirus and genital cancer [2009]
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • Human Papillomavirus-Related Disease in Men: Not Just a Women’s Issue [2010]
  • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease
    • HPV in men: an update [2011]
  • Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
    • Genital, Oral, and Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection in Men Who Have Sex With Men [2011]
  • Journal of Virology
    • Mechanisms of Human Papillomavirus-Induced Oncogenesis [2004]
  • Preventive Medicine
    • Genital HPV infection and related lesions in men [2011]
  • Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal
    • Burden of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Related Comorbidities in Men: Implications for Research, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion among Hispanic Men [2010]
  • Skin Therapy Letter
    • HPV Vaccine Update: New Indications and Controversies [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Vulvitis, vaginitis
    • Sexually transmitted diseases
    • HIV/AIDS and human papillomavirus
    • Cervical cancer: human papillomavirus

Gonorrhea

• Australia
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia [2005]
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Gonorrhoea [2012]
• Canada
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Gonorrhea treatment guidelines in Canada: 2004 update [2004]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Update: Gonorrhea Treatment [2005]
    • Interim Statement on the Treatment of Gonorrhea In Canada [2004]
• Norway
  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health
    • The epidemiology of gonorrhoea in Norway, 1993-2007: past victories, future challenges [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • UK National Guideline on Gonorrhoea Testing 2012 [2012]
    • UK National Guideline for the Management of Gonorrhoea in Adults, 2011 [2011]
    • Guidance for Gonorrhoea testing in England & Wales [2010]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Gonorrhoea
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • United Kingdom national guideline for gonorrhoea testing 2012. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2012]
    • UK national guideline for the management of gonorrhoea in adults, 2011. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2011]
• United States of America
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Gonorrhea
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • CDC Grand Rounds: The Growing Threat of Multidrug-Resistant Gonorrhea [2013]
    • Update to CDC's Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010: Oral Cephalosporins No Longer a Recommended Treatment for Gonococcal Infections [2012]
    • Update to CDC's Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2006: Fluoroquinolones No Longer Recommended for Treatment of Gonococcal Infections [2007]
  • Minnesota Department of Health
    • Gonorrhea
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • (1) Gonococcal infections. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. (2) Update to CDC's sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010: oral cephalosporins no longer a recommended treatment for gonococcal infections [2010]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Gonorrhea [2005]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Global action plan to control the spread and impact of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae [2012]
    • Emergence of multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae : threat of global rise in untreatable sexually transmitted infections [2011]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections [2006]
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Review and International Recommendation of Methods for Typing Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates and Their Implications for Improved Knowledge of Gonococcal Epidemiology, Treatment, and Biology [2011]
  • Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
    • The use of cephalosporins for gonorrhea: The impending problem of resistance [2009]
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research
    • An insight into the drug resistance profile & mechanism of drug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae [2011]
  • Infection and Immunity
    • Effect of Host Lactate on Gonococci and Meningococci: New Concepts on the Role of Metabolites in Pathogenicity [2007]
  • Israel Medical Association Journal
    • The Return of Gonorrhea [2004]
  • Microbial Drug Resistance
    • The Lytic Transglycosylases of Neisseria gonorrhoeae [2012]
  • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
    • Defenses against Oxidative Stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a System Tailored for a Challenging Environment [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases
    • Gonorrhea in pregnancy and newborn
    • Cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease

Granuloma inguinale

• Australia
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • Evaluation of the National Donovanosis Eradication Project 2001-2004 [2005]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • United Kingdom national guideline for the management of Donovanosis (Granuloma inguinale) 2011 [2011]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • United Kingdom national guideline for the management of donovanosis (granuloma inguinale) 2011. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2011]
• Articles in journals
  • Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
    • Donovanosis [2008]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Herpes

• Canada
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Genital herpes: gynaecological aspects. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2008]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Genital Herpes: Gynaecological Aspects [2008]
• Eastern Europe
  • EuroSurveillance
    • Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of genital herpes in eastern European countries [2010]
• South Africa
  • South African Medical Research Council
    • Herpes simplex virus type II infection is a risk factor for HIV seroconversion [2002]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • 2007 National Guideline for the Management of Genital Herpes [2007]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Genital Herpes
• United States of America
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Genital Herpes
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Among Persons Aged 14--49 Years --- United States, 2005--2008 [2010]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Management of Genital Herpes in Men and Nonpregnant Women [Guideline synthesis]
    • Gynecologic herpes simplex virus infections. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2004]
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    • Genital Herpes
  • New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
    • Genital Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) [2007]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Genital Herpes [2005]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 [2001]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Genital Herpes: A Review [2005]
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    • Resistance of Herpes Simplex Viruses to Nucleoside Analogues: Mechanisms, Prevalence, and Management [2011]
  • Archives of Internal Medicine
    • The Treatment of Herpes Simplex Infections: An Evidence-Based Review [2008]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Herpes simplex virus serology in an asymptomatic patient [2005]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Ethics of screening for asymptomatic herpes virus type 2 infection [2004]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Genital herpes and human immunodeficiency virus: double trouble [2004]
  • Clinical and Developmental Immunology
    • Towards a Rational Design of an Asymptomatic Clinical Herpes Vaccine: The Old, the New, and the Unknown [2012]
  • Clinical and Experimental Immunology
    • Immunology in the Clinic Review Series; focus on host responses: T cell responses to herpes simplex viruses [2012]
  • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
    • Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Vaccines: New Ground for Optimism? [2004]
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Recent Progress in Herpes Simplex Virus Immunobiology and Vaccine Research [2003]
    • Herpes Simplex Virus Resistance to Acyclovir and Penciclovir after Two Decades of Antiviral Therapy [2003]
  • Expert Reviews
    • Novel approaches in fighting herpes simplex virus infections [2009]
    • New concepts in herpes simplex virus vaccine development: notes from the battlefield [2009]
  • Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
    • Acyclovir versus valacyclovir [2010]
    • Newer trends in the management of genital herpes [2009]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • HSV-2: in pursuit of a vaccine [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Vulvitis, vaginitis
    • Sexually transmitted diseases
    • Herpes infections in pregnancy and newborn

Lymphogranuloma venereum

• Australia
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Lymphogranuloma Venereum [2012]
• Canada
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in Canada: Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment and Protocol for National Enhanced Surveillance [2005]
    • Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in Canada
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • 2006 National Guideline for the Management of Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) [2006]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Lymphogranuloma Venereum
• United States of America
  • New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
    • Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Treatment of Lymphogranuloma Venereum [2007]
  • eMedicine
    • Lymphogranuloma Venereum: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
    • Lymphogranuloma Venereum: eMedicine Dermatology
    • Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV): eMedicine Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Lymphogranuloma venereum: an emerging anorectal disease in Australia [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Chlamydia infections

Male genital infections

• Canada
  • Canadian Urological Association
    • Prostatitis [2011]
• Europe
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Epididymitis and orchitis. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2011]
    • Prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for chronic abacterial prostatitis
    • Allopurinol for chronic prostatitis
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • Clinical care pathway for management of epididymo-orchitis [2010]
    • 2010 United Kingdom national guideline for the management of epididymo-orchitis [2010]
    • United Kingdom National guideline for the management of prostatitis (2008) [2008]
    • 2008 UK National Guideline on the Management of Balanoposthitis [2008]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • 2010 United Kingdom national guideline for the management of epididymo-orchitis. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2010]
    • United Kingdom national guideline for the management of prostatitis. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2008]
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Epididymitis. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Prostatitis: Diagnosis and Treatment [2010]
    • Epididymitis and Orchitis: An Overview [2009]
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Treatment of Bacterial Prostatitis [2010]
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Prostatitis and Male Pelvic Pain Syndrome [2009]
  • Family Medicine
    • Prostate cancer and sexually transmitted diseases: a meta-analysis [2005]
  • Journal of Reproductive Immunology
    • Innate and acquired immunity in the human penile urethra [2011]
  • Nature Reviews Urology
    • New treatments for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome [2010]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Therapeutic Intervention for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2012]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases
    • Male infertility
    • Male genital diseases

Molluscum contagiosum

• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • United Kingdom National Guideline on the Management of Molluscum Contagiosum (2007) [2008]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • United Kingdom national guideline on the management of molluscum contagiosum. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2008]
• United States of America
  • CDC Molluscum Contagiosum
    • CDC Molluscum Contagiosum
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Management of molluscum contagiosum. University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Treatment for Anogenital Molluscum Contagiosum [2009]
    • Molluscum Contagiosum and Warts [2003]
  • Dermatology Online Journal
    • Molluscum Contagiosum [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Pediculosis

• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • United Kingdom National Guideline on the Management of Phthirus pubis infestation (2007) [2008]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Head Lice
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • United Kingdom national guideline on the management of phthirus pubis infestation. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2008]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Head Lice [2010]
  • CDC Lice
    • CDC Lice
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Ectoparasitic infections. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
    • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pediculosis capitis (head lice) in children and adults 2008. University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Pediculosis and Scabies [2004]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Treating head lice [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Scabies

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Scabies management [2010]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for treating scabies
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • United Kingdom National Guideline on the Management of Scabies infestation (2007) [2008]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • United Kingdom national guideline on the management of scabies infestation. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • British Medical Journal
    • Scabies: diagnosis and treatment [2005]
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Scabies and Pediculosis Pubis: An Update of Treatment Regimens and General Review [2007]
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Problems in Diagnosing Scabies, a Global Disease in Human and Animal Populations [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases

• Canada
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Europe
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Sexually transmitted infections. In: Guidelines on urological infections. European Association of Urology [2009]
• India
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India
    • National guidelines on prevention, management and control of reproductive tract infections including sexually transmitted infections [2006]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for educating traditional healers about STD and HIV medicine
• Kenya
  • Population Council - Kenya
    • Introducing and pilot-testing the national guidelines on integrating the management of STIs/RTIs into reproductive health settings in Kenya [2010]
• Singapore
  • Ministry of Health Singapore
    • Management of Genital Ulcers and Discharges [2009]
• South Africa
  • Health Systems Trust
    • Guidelines for Improving Quality of STI Management in a Health District [2004]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • Standards for the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) [2010]
    • United Kingdom national guideline on the management of sexually acquired reactive arthritis 2008 [2008]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • HIV and STIs
  • Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health
    • 10 High Impact Changes for Genitourinary Medicine 48-hour Access [2006]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • United Kingdom national guideline on the management of sexually acquired reactive arthritis 2008. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2008]
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections in Primary Care [2013]
• United States of America
  • CDC National Center for Health Statistics
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
    • Summary of CDC Consultation to Address Social Determinants of Health for Prevention of Disparities in HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis [2010]
    • Recommendations for Partner Services Programs for HIV Infection, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydial Infection [2008]
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Reports
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases [2007]
  • Minnesota Department of Health
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • SHEA guideline for management of healthcare workers who are infected with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and/or human immunodeficiency virus [2010]
    • Diseases characterized by urethritis and cervicitis. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
    • Diseases characterized by genital, anal, or perianal ulcers. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
    • Recommendations for partner services programs for HIV infection, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydial infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2008]
  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
    • Guideline for Management of Healthcare Workers Who Are Infected with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and/or Human Immunodeficiency Virus [2010]
• WHO
  • WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
    • AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Programme
  • World Health Organization
    • Training modules for the syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections [2007]
    • Sexually transmitted and other reproductive tract infections. A guide to essential practice [2005]
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Policies and Principles for Prevention and Care [1997]
    • Controlling sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Prevention and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: An Update [2007]
  • Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
    • Approach in sexually transmitted diseases [2009]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • STIs and blood borne viruses - Risk factors for individuals with mental illness [2008]
    • Sexually transmitted infections. Ten common myths [2006]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Main presentations of sexually transmitted infections in men [2004]
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Mycoplasma genitalium: from Chrysalis to Multicolored Butterfly [2011]
  • Journal of Reproductive Immunology
    • Innate and adaptive immunity at Mucosal Surfaces of the Female Reproductive Tract: Stratification and Integration of Immune Protection against the Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Infections [2011]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • A national sexually transmissible infections strategy: the need for an all-embracing approach [2005]
  • PLOS Pathogens
    • Mycoplasma genitalium: An Emerging Cause of Sexually Transmitted Disease in Women [2011]
  • Topics in Antiviral Medicine
    • Sexually transmitted infections and HIV: epidemiology and interventions [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Vulvitis, vaginitis
    • Syphilis
    • Sexually transmitted diseases: treatment
    • Sexually transmitted diseases: screening, diagnosis
    • Sexually transmitted diseases: prevention
    • Sexually transmitted diseases: epidemiology
    • Sexually transmitted diseases in pregnancy
    • Scabies
    • Pediculosis
    • Molluscum contagiosum
    • Male genital infections
    • Infertility, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy
    • Herpes
    • Hepatitis
    • HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Granuloma inguinale
    • Gonorrhea
    • Condylomata acuminata (genital warts)
    • Chlamydia infections
    • Chancroid
    • Cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease
    • Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology

Sexually transmitted diseases: epidemiology

• Canada
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Brief Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada: 2007 [2009]
• China
  • BMC Medicine
    • The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in China: implications for control and future perspectives [2011]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
    • Sexually transmitted diseases in children in India [2010]
• Papua New Guinea
  • PLoS ONE
    • The Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Papua New Guinea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2010]
• United States of America
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • STD Surveillance, 2008 [2009]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Prevalence and incidence of selected sexually transmitted infections, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, syphilis and trichomonas vaginalis: methods and results used by WHO to generate 2005 estimates [2011]
    • Estimation of the Incidence and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections [2002]
    • Global Prevalence and Incidence of Selected Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections [2001]
    • Guidelines for Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance [1999]
• Articles in journals
  • Asian Journal of Andrology
    • Global epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases [2008]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases: prevention

• Africa
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • STD/AIDS prevention in Portuguese-speaking Africa: a review of the recent literature in the social sciences and health [2009]
• Bhutan
  • Ministry of Health Bhutan
    • Technical Strategy for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases [2009]
• Canada
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Statement on Travellers and Sexually Transmitted Infections [2006]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases
    • Nonoxynol-9 for preventing vaginal acquisition of sexually transmitted infections by women from men
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections: Breaking the Cycle of Transmission [2004]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • UK National Guidelines on safer sex advice [2012]
    • BASHH Statement on Partner Notification for Sexually Transmissible Infections [2012]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Preventing sexually transmitted infections and reducing under 18 conceptions [2007]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections [2008]
  • CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
    • Integrated Prevention Services for HIV Infection, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis for Persons Who Use Drugs Illicitly: Summary Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [2012]
  • CDC Travelers' Health
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) [2009]
  • Mass.Gov
    • Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Vaccine-preventable STDs. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
    • Clinical prevention guidance. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
    • Behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement [2008]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Counseling: Sexually Transmitted Infections [2008]
• WHO
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Scaling up sexually transmitted infection prevention and control in the WHO European Region : technical consultation, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2-4 August 2010 [2011]
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Population-based interventions for reducing sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection [2004]
    • Strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases [2002]
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Regional Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2008-2012 [2008]
  • World Health Organization
    • A strategic approach to strengthening control of reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections : use of the programme guidance tool [2009]
    • Global strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections: 2006–2015 [2007]
    • Global strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections: 2006–2015 - Key messages [2006]
    • Global control of sexually transmitted infections [2006]
    • The Public Health Approach to STD Control: Technical Update [1998]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Public Health
    • Partner Notification for sexually transmitted infections in developing countries: a systematic review [2010]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Improved effectiveness of partner notification for patients with sexually transmitted infections: systematic review [2007]
    • Sex, sun, sea, and STIs: sexually transmitted infections acquired on holiday [2004]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted diseases [2004]
  • Epidemiologic Reviews
    • Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections: Learning From the Past to Plan for the Future [2010]
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
    • Vaccines and Microbicides Preventing HIV-1, HSV-2, and HPV Mucosal Transmission [2010]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Management of unprotected sexual encounters [2005]
  • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
    • Vaccines against sexually transmitted diseases [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases: screening, diagnosis

• Eastern Europe
  • Acta Dermato-Venereologica
    • Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of mycoplasma genitalium infections in East European countries [2010]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • Sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines [2006]
• United States of America
  • Lab Tests Online - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening [2008]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Manual for the standardization of colposcopy for the evaluation of vaginal products. Update 2004 [2004]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Health Care Screening for Men Who Have Sex with Men [2004]
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Testing for sexually transmitted infections [2007]
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Medical and Legal Implications of Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Children [2010]
  • Expert Reviews
    • Home versus clinic-based specimen collection for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases: treatment

• Canada
  • Manitoba Health
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines [2008]
• Malaysia
  • Ministry of Health Malaysia
    • Malaysian Guidelines in the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections [2008]
• United States of America
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010 [2010]
  • Hawai‘i Journal of Medicine & Public Health
    • Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Update: A Review of the CDC 2010 STD Treatment Guidelines and Epidemiologic Trends of Common STDs in Hawai‘i [2012]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Management of persons who have a history of penicillin allergy. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
    • Adapting your practice. Treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with chlamydial or gonococcal infections. Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Clinician's Network [2008]
  • National Health Care for the Homeless Council
    • Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with Chlamydia or Gonococcal Infections [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
    • Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Treponema pallidum: evolution, therapeutic challenges and the need to strengthen global surveillance [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases

Syphilis

• Australia
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Syphilis [2012]
• China
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Scaling up syphilis testing in China: implementation beyond the clinic [2010]
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
    • An expanding syphilis epidemic in China: epidemiology, behavioural risk and control strategies with a focus on low-tier female sex workers and men who have sex with men [2011]
• Finland
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Syphilis. Finnish Medical Society Duodecim [2008]
• Norway
  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health
    • Syphilis epidemiology in Norway, 1992-2008: resurgence among men who have sex with men [2010]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • UK National Guidelines on the Management of Syphilis 2008 [2008]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Syphilis
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • UK national guidelines on the management of syphilis 2008. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [2008]
• United States of America
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Syphilis Profiles - 2008 [2010]
    • Syphilis
  • Minnesota Department of Health
    • Syphilis
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Healthy Penis: San Francisco's Social Marketing Campaign to Increase Syphilis Testing among Gay and Bisexual Men [2006]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening for Syphilis Infection [2004]
• WHO
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Case definition: Syphilis [2000]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Diagnosis and Management of Syphilis [2003]
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    • Global Challenge of Antibiotic-Resistant Treponema pallidum [2010]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Syphilis, the great mimicker, is back [2009]
    • Epidemic syphilis exhibits diverse manifestations [2007]
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Novel Treponema pallidum Serologic Tests: A Paradigm Shift in Syphilis Screening for the 21st Century [2010]
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Biological Basis for Syphilis [2006]
    • Secondary Syphilitic Lesions [2005]
  • Clinics
    • Oral manifestations of syphilis [2006]
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
    • Syphilis in Drug Users in Low and Middle Income Countries [2010]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • Syphilis: using modern approaches to understand an old disease [2011]
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    • Is Serological Testing a Reliable Tool in Laboratory Diagnosis of Syphilis? Meta-Analysis of Eight External Quality Control Surveys [2006]
  • Medicina Oral, Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal
    • The reappearance of a forgotten disease in the oral cavity: Syphilis [2009]
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
    • Molecular Typing of Treponema pallidum: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexually transmitted diseases
    • HIV/AIDS and syphilis
    • Congenital syphilis

Trichomoniasis

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for treating trichomoniasis in women
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • United Kingdom National Guideline on the Management of Trichomonas vaginalis (2007) [2007]
• United States of America
  • CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Trichomoniasis
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Current Issues and Considerations Regarding Trichomoniasis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in African-Americans [2009]
• WHO
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Trichomoniasis treatment in women [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • eMedicine
    • Trichomoniasis
  • Journal of Reproductive Immunology
    • Impact of T. Vaginalis Infection on Innate Immune Responses and Reproductive Outcome [2009]
  • Korean Journal of Parasitology
    • Trichomonas vaginalis and trichomoniasis in the Republic of Korea [2006]
  • PLOS Pathogens
    • Trichomonosis, a Common Curable STI, and Prostate Carcinogenesis—A Proposed Molecular Mechanism [2012]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Vulvitis, vaginitis
    • Trichomoniasis in pregnancy

Vulvitis, vaginitis

• United Kingdom
  • Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
    • Management of vaginal discharge in non-genitourinary medicine settings [2012]
  • Health Protection Agency
    • Management of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge in Women [2009]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Management of vaginal discharge in non-genitourinary medicine settings. Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare [2012]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Zoon's vulvitis - query bank [2009]
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Diseases characterized by vaginal discharge. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
    • Vaginitis. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2006]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Management of Vaginitis [2004]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Do we need to treat vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls? [2005]
    • Vaginal discharge - causes, diagnosis, and treatment [2004]
  • eMedicine
    • Vaginitis
  • Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Vaginitis: Making Sense of Over-the-Counter Treatment Options [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Vulvar diseases
    • Trichomoniasis
    • Sexually transmitted diseases
    • Herpes
    • Condylomata acuminata (genital warts)
    • Candidiasis
    • Bacterial vaginosis