Sexually Transmitted Infections and Diseases

This patient’s initial clinical presentation is highly suspicious for secondary syphilis, as her “split-pea” rash is a rare manifestation of the disease.

A full-term neonate was born to a 21-year-old mother who had had inadequate prenatal care. The child had been born at 38 weeks via an uneventful but precipitous spontaneous vaginal delivery 1 hour after...

A 17-year-old adolescent presented with 2 asymptomatic warty growths on the external genitalia of 16 months’ duration. The growths had appeared as small papules and had become significantly larger in recent...

A 33-year-old man presented with left flank pain, fever, nausea, and vomiting. He also was complaining of difficulty with urinating and requested a urinary catheter.

The prevalence of HIV in the United States is currently 1.2 million, peaking between the ages of 20 and 30 years of age, while AIDS peaks at close to 45 years of age.

A 7-year-old boy presented with an itchy rash of approximately 3 weeks in duration involving his extremities and lower abdomen.

A 6-week-old girl was brought to the office for evaluation of a rash. The mother reported that the infant also had been fussy and had not been eating well, but had had no fever and was otherwise fine. ...

Fourteen-year-old JT is worried. During health class last week, he learned about the different sexually transmitted infections as well as about testicular self-examination.