TY - CHAP
T1 - Genital Herpes
AU - Pineda, Mario J.
AU - Roy, Subir
PY - 2010/7/16
Y1 - 2010/7/16
KW - Entire primary infection, resolving within 2-6 weeks
KW - Focus of management - neonatal transmission prevention during labor
KW - Genital herpes and pregnancy
KW - Genital herpes, incurable sexually transmitted infection - course being recurrent in nature
KW - Laboratory tests - cytology (Tzank smear), direct antibody staining, viral culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology
KW - Patient education, in management of genital herpes
KW - Pregnancy, complicates clinical management of genital herpes
KW - Primary genital herpes infection - local and generalized systemic symptomatology
KW - Risk of postpartum infection to neonate - low, when precautions are implemented
KW - Serology, indicated when virologic techniques, antigen detection or PCR - impractical or nondiagnostic
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U2 - 10.1002/9781444323030.ch52
DO - 10.1002/9781444323030.ch52
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84885556716
SN - 9781405169165
SP - 235
EP - 238
BT - Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
ER -