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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Introduction

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Infectious diseases, which are predominantly transmitted through sexual contact, are subsumed under the term sexually transmitted infections. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have replaced the term sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), because infections are often asymptomatic (for example, with chlamydia, gonococci, or human papillomaviruses). The doctrine of sexually transmitted diseases or venereal diseases is called venerology (Venus = Roman goddess of love) and is manifested by the double designation of dermatology and venereology. The differentiation of the broad spectrum of genitoanal skin diseases from STI manifestations in the same localization, but also in the oral cavity and at the remaining integument, is of greatest importance for the field of dermatology.

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  1. Outpatient Clinic of Dermatology and Venereology, City Hospital Waid and Triemli, Zurich, Switzerland

    Stephan Lautenschlager

  2. German Reference Laboratory for Gonococci, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Vivantes Hospital Berlin Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

    Susanne Buder

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Gerd Plewig

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Lars French

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Ruzicka

  4. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

    Roland Kaufmann

  5. Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Michael Hertl

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    Thomas Ruzicka

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Lautenschlager, S., Buder, S. (2020). Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Introduction. In: Plewig, G., French, L., Ruzicka, T., Kaufmann, R., Hertl, M. (eds) Braun-Falco´s Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58713-3_17-1

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