Part I. Bacterial -- Bacterial vaginosis : history, epidemiology, microbiology, seuelae, diagnosis, and treatment / Janice I. French and James A. McGregor -- Sexually transmitted infections associated with Chlamydia trachomatis / Michael A. Noble -- Chancroid / Brian P. Currie -- Current concepts in the laboratory diagnosis of gonorrhea / Michael H. Levi -- Donovanosis / Mauro Romero Leal Passos, Jose Trindade Filho, and Nero Araujo Barreto -- Lymphogranuloma venereum / Rene Garrido Neves and Omar Lupi da Rosa Santos -- Part II. Spirochete -- Syphilis / Gerald J. Domingue -- Part III. Fungal -- Candidiasis / Nancy G. Warren and Barbara A. Body -- Part IV. Protozoan -- Amebiasis / Lynne S. Garcia -- Cryptosporidiosis / Lynne S. Garcia -- Trichomoniasis / Kenneth A. Borchardt -- Part V. Viral -- Herpesviruses / Dawn M. Sokol and Robert F. Garry -- Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome / Julio S.G. Montaner, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy, and Martin T. Schechter -- Condyloma acuminatum / Michael Z. Zhang, Kenneth A. Borchardt, and Zhijian Li -- Molluscum contagiosum / Zhijian Li, Kenneth A. Borchardt, and Michael Z. Zhang -- Part VI. The gay bowel syndrome -- The gay bowel syndrome : a 20-year retrospective / Walter F. Schlech III -- Part VII. Ectoparasites -- Scabies / Kenneth A. Borchardt [and others] -- Lice / Kenneth A. Borchardt [and others].