This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to bacterial STDs, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on bacterial STDs. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Bacterial STDs: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Bacterial STDs; Chapter 4. Books on Bacterial STDs; Chapter 5. Multimedia on Bacterial STDs; Chapter 6. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 7. Dissertations on Bacterial STDs; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix C. Your Rights and Insurance; Appendix D. More on Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Appendix E. STDs and Pregnancy; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; BACTERIAL STDS GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Clap, Gonococcal bartholinitis, Gonococcal cervicitis, Gonococcal urethritis, Gonococcal vulvovaginitis, Lues, Primary syphilis, Secondary syphilis, Soft chancre, Syphilitic stroke, The Clap, The Great Imitator, Ulcus molle.