The clinical diagnosis of threatened abortion is presumed when any bloody vaginal discharge or bleeding appears during the first trimester of pregnancy. A prospective study on women with threatened abortion reported that women older than 34 years had an odds ratio of 2.3 for miscarriage (Falco et al., 1996). Some women who bleed in early pregnancy, approximately half of them, will abort (Weiss ...

Many of the diseases commonly encountered in clinical practice may be considered as "recurrent", there being episodes of disease activity followed by variable periods of quiescence or low-grade activity. Although the aetiology ofmany of these conditions is unknown (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis), certain infectious diseases are well known for their ab...

BACKGROUND Proper knowledge of the patterns of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in different geographical regions is necessary for evolving proper strategies for control of these diseases. AIMS To study the pattern of STDs and to analyze the changes during a ten-year period from 1990 among patients attending Medical College Hospital, Kottayam. METHODS Case records of 686 patients with S...

Granuloma inguinale is a chronic bacterial infection that frequently is associated with other sexually transmitted diseases. Granuloma inguinale is characterized by intracellular inclusions in macrophages referred to as Donovan bodies. Granuloma inguinale usually affects the skin and mucous membranes in the genital region, where it results in nodular lesions that evolve into ulcers. The ulcers ...

We report an HIV-HCV-HSV-2-coinfected man, who infected all of five sequential female sexual partners within seven years. HIV-RNA in semen was unusually high and exceeded that in plasma by one log10. Screening for sexually transmitted diseases remained negative with the exception of HSV-2-seropositivity. Recurrent asymptomatic genital herpes might explain the patient's increased HIV-RNA sheddin...

A total of 494 patients (90 men and 404 women) attending a sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) clinic in Khartoum, Sudan, were studied to assess the prevalence of chlamydial genital infections. Antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes D to K were found in four (4.4%) men and 42 (10.4%) women, and 10 (2.5%) women had antibodies to serotypes A to C.

BACKGROUND A case of pneumococcal septicemia associated with laparoscopically documented acute salpingitis is reported. CASE Gram-stained cul-de-sac pus revealed gram-positive encapsulated diplococci. CONCLUSION This case coupled with reanalysis of prior genital tract involvement in nonpregnant individuals argues that Streptococcus pneumoniae can mimic gonococcal diseases.

Streptococcus mitis is a component of the normal oropharynx, skin, gastrointestinal system, and genital tract florae. It is generally considered as a relatively benign bacterium. We present a case of spontaneous Streptococcus mitis meningitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis and no known risk factors for invasive infectious diseases.