Bhutani’s Color Atlas of Sexually Transmitted Infections by Neena Khanna

With the advent of HIV pandemic, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have gained a new academic lease of life and have also changed their profile. The atlas is a pictorial journey of STIs from the past (rare photographs of tertiary syphilis) to the present (protean cutaneous manifestations of HIV). Though keeping the tradition of ‘LKBism’ (inimitable crisp style), an effort has been made to make the atlas more than just a visual treat, by incorporating diagnostic techniques (with several pictures clicked at the bench) and treatment. To make the atlas comprehensive, a section has been added on anatomy of genital tract and syndromic management.

• Complements the photographs by descriptive text which is crisp, brief and simple

• Maintains the uniform style of all chapters to make it reader friendly

• Discusses the recent advances in laboratory diagnosis comprehensively

• Includes the innumerable photographs taken at the lab-bench

• Tabulates the latest recommendations of World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) to make them simple and comparable

• Emphasizes forgotten treatment issues (like partner management, management in pregnant women), making the atlas a must-have for the dermatologists, venereologists, gynecologists, and urologists

• Helpful for physicians treating retrovirus positive patients and for the peripheral worker, there are a plethora of images to assist in diagnosis and syndromic flow charts to streamline the management.