Herpes zoster and HIV infection in Tanzania.

abstract：:Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a common presentation for patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). We prospectively followed 72 patients, consecutively admitted to a Thai regional hospital with FUO and HIV infection to identify aetiologies and...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kitkungvan D,Apisarnthanarak A,Plengpart P,Mundy LM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to assess the internal consistency of self-reported condom use among sex workers in Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. We examined the responses to questions about condom use among 4 cross-sectional samples of sex workers. We compared measures based on: (1) questions using...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Weir SS,Fox LJ,DeMoya A,Gomez B,Guerrero E,Hassig SE

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) seroprevalence and the proportion of HSV-1 genital ulcers are increasing in industrialized countries. The consequences of these epidemiological changes, in pregnant women in France, for both the genital shedding of HSV and vertical transmission, have been poorly evaluated. The ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： LeGoff J,Saussereau E,Boulanger MC,Chemin C,Si-Mohamed A,Bélec L,Maisonneuve L

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerating antiretroviral therapy (ART) administration, improving retention, and achieving viral suppression in low- and middle-income countries must be prioritized. We evaluated trends and disparities in these milestones in a large Latin American cohort. Adults starting ART (ARTstart) from 2003 to 2014 at Caribbean...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Wolff MJ,Cortes CP,Mejìa FA,Padgett D,Belaunzarán-Zamudio P,Grinsztejn B,Giganti MJ,McGowan CC,Rebeiro PF,Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet).

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) rates in women are increasing and many are asymptomatic. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are becoming the 'gold standard' for diagnosis. We aimed to establish our asymptomatic TV rates by testing all women attending Oxfordshire's Sexual Health service, regardless of symptoms, using ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lord E,Newnham T,Dorrell L,Jesuthasan G,Clarke L,Jeffery K,Sherrard J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of viral and bacterial sexually transmitted diseases were studied in 101 men attending a dermatovenereal outpatient clinic in Mogadishu. A control group of 103 healthy adult men were included for the serological part of the study. Serological markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV), human immunodeficiency vi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ismail SO,Ahmed HJ,Grillner L,Hederstedt B,Issa A,Bygdeman SM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kiosk-facilitated HIV self-testing has been shown to be accurate and well accepted by emergency department (ED) patients. We investigated factors associated with patients who preferred self-testing over testing performed by health professionals in an ED-based HIV screening program. This opt-in program evaluation studi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hsieh YH,Beck KJ,Rothman RE,Gauvey-Kern M,Woodfield A,Peterson S,Signer D,Gaydos CA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limited published data support the assumption that lesbians are a low risk group for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). However, there are virtually no contemporary data and the older papers do not take into account genital wart virus infection, now the third most prevalent STD in Britain. One of the dangers in...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Edwards A,Thin RN

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of prevalent HIV-1 strains are still complex in China. Men who have sex with men (MSM) play an important bridging role in spreading HIV. The aim of our study was to quantitatively evaluate the prevalence of HIV-1 subtypes among the MSM population in China from published studies. Relevant studies were ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Zhang L,Wang YJ,Wang BX,Yan JW,Wan YN,Wang J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the influence of HIV infection on the staging of gastric cancer by using positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging. We treated a patient with local advanced gastric cancer. PET/CT showed an unusual hypermetabolic activity of lymph nodes, and the patient was...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bulut N,Yılmaz B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of spontaneous genital arousal (GA) and persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD) in women is unknown. The aim of this study was to conduct an anonymous survey to assess the frequency and nature of spontaneous GA and PGAD in women attending a walk-in sexual health clinic in London. Female patients compl...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Garvey LJ,West C,Latch N,Leiblum S,Goldmeier D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common neurological complications of HIV infection with a 30-60% lifetime prevalence. Newer HIV drugs cause less peripheral neuropathy, but patients are now living long enough to develop concomitant diabetes-related, vascular-related, and chemotherapy-related neuropathy so it c...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Smith TJ,Auwaerter P,Knowlton A,Saylor D,McArthur J

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) has not previously been described in North or East Africa. We examined over 1200 sera of high-risk individuals from three North/East African countries for antibodies to HIV-2. Results indicated that 17 were repeatedly reactive by ELISA; 4 were confirmed by Weste...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Constantine NT,Sheba MF,Fox E,Woody JN,Abbatte EA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study explored the prevalence and correlates of syphilis infection among people who use and inject drugs (PWUD/PWID) in Cambodia. Data were collected in 2017 from 1,677 PWUD/PWID living in the capital city of Phnom Penh and 11 other major provinces using the respondent-driven sampling method. The ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Yi S,Prem K,Chhoun P,Chann N,Tuot S,Mun P,Mburu G

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1987, data from the Centers for Disease Control AIDS data base indicated a 50% prevalence of oropharyngeal Candida infection, a 10% rate of esophageal infection, and .5% rate of bronchopulmonary infection among AIDS patients. Candida-positive blood cultures were found in 13 of 903 AIDS patients, and disseminated C...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Odds FC

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweet's syndrome is a rare skin condition associated with both drug treatment and a number of different disease processes including haematological malignancies, inflammatory conditions and HIV infection. In this case report, we present a patient with HIV, haemophilia and hepatitis C who presented to our team with sign...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Deasy AM,Walker B,Layton AM,Lacey CJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who do not attend (DNA) clinic appointments are wasteful of resources and may also pose a potential public health risk through the onward transmission of untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This service evaluation was performed to assess the demographics of DNAs, patient reasons for non-attendan...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Swarbrick C,Foley E,Sanmani L,Patel R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred and twenty consecutive women newly attending a genitourinary medicine clinic who participated in a study of sexual behaviour were also tested for type-specific antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2; 135 (26%) were seropositive, of whom only 29 (21.5%) had had clinical evidence of genital herpes. Seropos...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Evans BA,Kell PD,Bond RA,MacRae KD,Slomka MJ,Brown DW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI), sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics in a population of male sex workers (MSW) in Antwerp, Belgium. Between September 1999 and March 2004, 129 MSW were reached by Gh@pro, an outreach programme providing pre...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Leuridan E,Wouters K,Stalpaert M,Van Damme P

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric syphilis has non-specific symptoms and various endoscopic and radiographic findings. Spirochetes are seen infrequently in biopsy specimens and the pathological findings are often non-specific. So it is very difficult to make a definitive diagnosis of gastric syphilis based on clinical symptoms and biopsy findi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Jeong HW,Jeon WJ,Sung RH

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome is a clinical entity with a broad presentation, described in both HIV and non-HIV-infected patients. We report a case of Mycobacterium avium-complex pericarditis as a rare but life-threatening manifestation of this syndrome in a patient with AIDS. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Babu TM,Laguio M,Luque AE,Larppanichpoonphol P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured plasma human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) DNA load in consecutive patients presenting with HIV-associated multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) and in contemporaneous patients who had Kaposi sarcoma (KS), lymphoma or other diagnoses. All 11 patients with MCD had detectable plasma HHV8 DNA compared with 18 (72%) of ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sayer R,Paul J,Tuke PW,Hargreaves S,Noursadeghi M,Tedder RS,Grant P,Edwards SG,Miller RF

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of lung cancer has been increasing among HIV-positive patients. The majority of these cases were in patients previously diagnosed as HIV-positive and treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Here, we report a 56-year-old male patient with lung cancer, who was diagnosed as HIV-positive a...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sugawara E,Yamamoto K,Umeda S,Suzuki S,Kurata M,Endo Y,Uchibori K,Akashi T,Inase N,Kitagawa M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing screening frequency in men who have sex with men (MSM) engaging in high-risk behaviours can reduce prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This evaluation investigated the impact of applying stricter screening guidelines for MSM on service workload and earlier STI diagnoses. A validated risk a...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Baker A,Fleury C,Clarke E,Foley E,Samraj S,Rowen D,Patel R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk factors for HIV infection in partners of HIV-seropositive index cases were investigated in a cross-sectional survey. Between September 1992 and April 1994 a total of 251 HIV-infected persons and 76 of their sexual partners were interviewed at the main sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) clinic in Trinidad. All p...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： de Gourville EM,Mabey D,Quigley M,Jack N,Mahabir B

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer now give a five-year survival rate of 97.2%. Delayed presentation remains the primary cause of poor outcome and recommendations have stressed that men, particularly those with risk factors, should undertake regular testicular self-examination. This study...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kennett A,Shaw JW,Woolley PD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is uncommon in the UK but is found in migrant populations and in those who travel to areas of endemic schistosomiasis. Apparent clinical symptoms may occur long after the patient has left an endemic area. Female urogenital schistosomiasis (arising from infection by Schistosoma haematobium, endemic in A...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Samuel MI,Taylor C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safer conception strategies to reduce the HIV transmission risk include antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive partners, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-negative partners, condomless sex limited to fertile periods, and home-based self-insemination. Resistance to taking treatment or cultural concerns may limit uptake...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Schwartz SR,West N,Phofa R,Yende N,Sanne I,Bassett J,Van Rie A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), Special Interest Group for Sexual Dysfunction updated recommendations for the management of premature ejaculation. The recommendations outline the physiology, prevalence, definitions, aetiological factors and patient assessment for this common sexua...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Richardson D,Goldmeier D,Green J,Lamba H,Harris JR,BASHH Special Interest Group for Sexual Dysfunction.

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between sexual risk and alcohol consumption may be self-evident but have eluded detailed examination in the UK. A cohort of 520 genitourinary (GU) medicine clinic attenders in the south of England were given a detailed questionnaire and compared with a matched cohort from the General Household Survey (GHS...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Standerwick K,Davies C,Tucker L,Sheron N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00