Biomedical subjects
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Because the field of adolescent medicine is relatively young, guidelines for care are still in need of definition. This chapter provides an overview of the issues related to the provision of health care to adolescents, including training of physicians, considerations in establishing an office-based practice, consent and confidentiality, and health care reimbursement.
This well-illustrated overview of herpes simplex virus infection, syphilis, and chancroid focuses on history, biology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, natural history, signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, and diagnostic problems. Clinicians are reminded of the high correlation between genital ulcer disease and infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.
Urinary tract infections are among the most common bacterial diseases encountered by clinicians in practice. They are estimated to result in more than five million office visits annually, at a cost of more than one billion dollars. The etiology, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of urinary tract infections in female and male adolescents are reviewed.
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