Office management of sexually transmitted disease and management of pelvic inflammatory disease in the ambulatory patient.

Sexually transmitted disease poses an increasing challenge for the clinician in the 1980s, with increasing numbers of pathogens and diseases. This article discusses the diagnosis and outpatient management of gonorrhea, herpes virus type II, chlamydia trachomatis, and condyloma accuminatum. In addition, the diagnosis and outpatient management of pelvic inflammatory disease is reviewed.