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1Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Venereal Diseases)2
3Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Venereal Diseases)
5th Edition
Virendra N Sehgal MD FNASc FAMS FRAS (London) Visiting Professor Skin Institute and School of Dermatology Consultant Dermato-venereologist Former Director-Professor and Head Department of Dermatology and Venereology Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Jay Prakash Hospital, New Delhi Principal/Medical Superintendent/Director-Professor Dermatology and Venereology Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi Director-Professor Dermatology/Venereology/Medical Superintendent University College of Medical Sciences and Associated Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Delhi
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First Edition: 1978
Second Edition: 1987
Third Edition: 1993
Fourth Edition: 2003
Reprint: 2006
Fifth Edition: 2010
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5Preface to the Fifth Edition
Once again, Almighty bestowed an opportunity to bring about the current innovation in the text. Treatment perceptions of STDs were considered paramount, for which ‘World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the treatment of STDs’ were taken stock of. Accordingly, they were imbibed in the respective disease(s) to facilitate their use in day-to-day practice. Furthermore, it was considered worthwhile to provide an acceptable alternative. ‘Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections (appendix 10) is a viable document for the purpose. Besides, references are updated in accordance to ‘Pubmed, US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health,’ and are arranged to match the modified Vancour style. Surely, the current edition should evoke renewed interest in the subject amongst under- and postgraduates, and practicing physicians.
The instant assistance given by Dr Sambit N Bhattacharya, Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology, STD and Leprosy, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi and Dr Vibhu Mendiratta, Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology, STD and Leprosy, Lady Harding Medical College, and Associated Smt Sucheta Kriplani and Kalawati Saran Children Hospitals, New Delhi, is greatly appreciated. My computer assistant Shailender Sehgal laboriously executed the organization of the final version of the text of the book.
Virendra N Sehgal
*Anonymous. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2002. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Recomm Rep 2002; 51:1-78.
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7Preface to the First Edition
The book is based on the didactic lectures and clinical demonstrations on venereal diseases, which the author has been giving to undergraduate and also to postgraduate students. The contents of the text conform to the curricula for undergraduates of different universities. It is concise, succinct, and aptly illustrated. Emphasis has, however, been placed on the classic clinical features of common venereal diseases. Essentials of diagnostic procedures, the treatment, and also follow-up have been clearly outlined. The present challenges of these diseases are described under epidemiology, while their control status, and prospective planning for prevention is delineated separately. The book is written primarily for the students; it is hoped, however, that it may be useful also to the practising physicians, for venereal diseases are sparingly described in books of medicine.
Virendra N Sehgal