Table 5.

Summary of STIs (modified according to [1,5,16].

STI	Pathogen	Latency	Symptoms	Treatment	Complication
Genitourinary Chlamydia infection	Gram-negative bacteria		70–90% asymptomatic, purulent cervical/urethral discharge, endometritis, salpingitis, perihepatitis	Azithromycin, doxycyclin	Reactive arthritis, Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome, infertility, Reiter’s syndrome, neonate: conjunctivitis,
Genital herpes	DNA viruses	3–8 days (may even take several months or years)	Genital edema and blisters	Aciclovir	Recurrent infections, sepsis, encephalitis, neonatal sepsis,
HPV infections	DNA viruses	Months or years	Condylomata acuminata in the genitourinary tract	Laser treatment, surgical removal, imiquimod	Cervical cancer
Trichomoniasis	Protozoa		Burning, itching, yellowish-green discharge	Metronidazole
Gonorrhea	Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae	2–7 days	Purulent vaginal discharge, dysuria, pollakisuria	Ceftriaxone + azithromycin, cefixime	PID, epidydimitis, sepsis, septic arthritis, neonatal conjunctivitis