Infections Internet Resources

Infections of the Genital Tract
Infections of the Female Genital Tract : from Path Notes at Cornell University Medical College, NY City.

Bacterial Vaginosis: An Update : Article published in the March 15, 1998 issue of the American Family Physician.

Infections of the upper genital tract : website of Professor Dr. Mithat Ernus.

Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Diseases: CDC presentation on slides.

Syphilis - Lecture by Dr. Kenneth Boockvar, M.D., New York Presbyterian Health Care, University of Columbia.


Infections of the Urinary Tract
Outpatient Urine Culture: Does Collection Technique Matter? : By E. Lifshitz, MD & L. Kramer, RNC, BSN. In Internal Medicine, Vol. 160 No. 16, September 11, 2000.

Urinary Tract Infections Tutorial : By Dr. John Heritage at Leeds University, UK. This is an excellent UTI study resource designed to introduce the microbiology student to the causes, symptoms and laboratory diagnosis of urinary tract infections.

Urinary Tract Infections in Adults ~ Urinary Tract Infections in Children : informative resource from NIDDH - National Kidney & Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse.

Dr. Reddy's Pediatric Office on the Web(TM) 's resource on UTIs in children.

How to prevent bladder infections : from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Iowa Health Science Center.

Go to Web Path's Urinalysis Tutorial for information on the UA in the diagnosis of UTIs

Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
Gastrointestinal Infections - Basic information from Columbia University Collge of P & S Complete Home Medical Care web site.

Gastrointestinal Infections - Support notes for the Microbiology component of the University of Leeds Laboratory and Scientific Medicine Course. University of Leeds, UK.

Gastrointestinal Tract Infections - Dr. Neal Chamberlain's Medical Microbiology course resources. Kirksville College of Osteopathic medicine, Kirksville, Missouri.


Wound Infections
Wound Infections : over 35 links from a MEDLINE search of wounds of the upper extremities

Skin and Wound Infections : from Dan de Regnier's microbiology course in the CLS Program at Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI

Microbiologic and Clinical Values of Primary Broth Cultures of Wound Specimens Collected with Swabs

Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Elective Surgery