Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Health & Beauty Sexually Transmitted Disease Sexually Transmitted Disease In the June 15th 1994 issue of Patient Care, a case study of a 35-year-old man who experiences painful urination is presented. Questioning revealed the patient had previously been treated several times for sexually transmitted diseases, most recently for trichomonas vaginitis. He suffered from it again. The patient was evaluated at a medical institution at which time a urethral smear showed leukocytosis without intracellular diplococci and a urethral culture was negative for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The patient referred a female sex partner to us for evaluation. Positive cultures of vaginal secretions and first-voided urine confirmed that she had T. vaginalis infection. Tests were negative for other STDs. Both the patient and his sex partner were treated with a single dose of metronidazole. At three-week follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic; his partner did not return for reevaluation (Krieger, 1994). Finally, the article suggested that the patient's sex partners undergo appropriate evaluation, preferably at a medical institution. Sex partners of individuals with an STD are at risk for contracting the condition, and, although STDs may not produce symptoms, such infections place patients at risk for serious complications such as pelvic inflammatory Bibliography: Patient Care, June 15th 1994 Word Count: 194
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