Summary of Bacterial STDs
There are five major groups of organisms that cause
human infectious disease, including bacteria,
fungi, protozoa, helminthes, and
viruses. Bacteria are extracellular
organisms that replicate by binary fission and
belong to the prokaryotic kingdom.
Most bacterial STDs are responsive to treatment with
antibiotics, and are therefore considered "curable."
However, remember that some bacterial STDs are not
eradicated before they cause permanent physical
damage. Also, bacteria have the ability to develop
resistance to certain antibiotic therapies.
Therefore, as with all STDs, prevention against
bacterial STDs is the best strategy toward dealing
with them.
This section will discuss the four most prominent
bacterial STDs: gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis
and chancroid.
