Patients' perspectives on the burden of recurrent genital herpes.

abstract：:HIV serodisclosure to sexual partners is an important aspect of HIV prevention, treatment, and care. We investigated the association between partnership duration and serodisclosure among HIV-infected individuals in Lilongwe, Malawi. We analyzed data from a cross-sectional study of individuals attending one of two anti...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mbichila TH,Chagomerana M,Tang JH,Haddad LB,Hosseinipour MC,Tweya H,Phiri S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raltegravir is one of the standard antiretroviral therapy (ART) options in treatment-experienced and -naïve patients. However, efficacy data from clinical practice are scarce. Therefore, the efficacy of raltegravir-containing ART in clinical practice was investigated retrospectively. In all, 295 treatment-naïve and -e...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Jaeckle M,Khaykin P,Haberl A,De Leuw P,Schüttfort G,Stephan C,Wolf T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection in HIV patients has fallen markedly since the introduction of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, current guidelines still recommend primary prophylaxis. We conducted a retrospective cohort study in a university-affiliated hospital ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Jung Y,Song KH,Choe PG,Park WB,Bang JH,Kim ES,Kim HB,Park SW,Kim NJ,Oh MD

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:The main purpose of this study was to investigate how loneliness was associated with social support and family function among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in an HIV-stricken area of China. Two hundred and nineteen PLWHA were surveyed using the UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles)-Loneliness Scale, the...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sun YH,Sun L,Wu HY,Zhang ZK,Wang B,Yu C,Cao HY

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (PETs), though rare, are usually slow growing tumours with a relatively good prognosis. We describe a case of an aggressive malignant neuroendocrine tumour of the pancreas occurring in an AIDS patient, which has not been reported previously. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Cox M,Joseph AT,Sharma N,Heaney O,Hock YL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Health has addressed access to genitourinary medicine services by setting targets that 100% of patients should be offered an appointment within 48 hours of contact and 95% should be seen within 48 hours. Such rapid access appointments are often declined by patients. We wished to ascertain whether pat...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Steedman NM,Worsnop V,Fernie R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral drugs in pregnancy is poorly understood. We reviewed the use of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in clinical settings to document plasma concentrations of lopinavir during pregnancy and investigated how clinicians acted upon TDM results. A retrospective review was carried out of...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Caswell RJ,Phillips D,Chaponda M,Khoo SH,Taylor GP,Ghanem M,Poulton M,Welch J,Gibbons S,Jackson V,Lambert JS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the genitourinary medicine clinic setting, the most practical and widely used method of diagnosing Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) is direct microscopy of a wet mount preparation (WMP) of a sample taken from the posterior vaginal fornix. We retrospectively reviewed the potential impact of further limiting WMP to women w...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bell C,Hough E,Smith A,Greene L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of HIV-infected children are now reaching adulthood and young people account for 10% of new HIV diagnosis in the UK each year. This audit of young people attending specialist and generic HIV services in Inner London in 2006 (n=39) highlights the complex medical and psychosocial needs of this patient...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ferrand RA,Miller RF,Jungmann EA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a prevalent systemic immune-mediated disease with cutaneous manifestations. In HIV-infected patients, psoriasis may have a higher incidence, present atypical and more exuberant clinical features, and is frequently recalcitrant to treatment. Despite this aggravated severity, treatment options for psoriasis...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Alpalhão M,Borges-Costa J,Filipe P

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweden was the first country to introduce online Chlamydia trachomatis testing for both men and women and this article provides information about the user characteristics and which risk groups are reached with this method. During the years 2005-2007 a questionnaire was administered with a response rate of 86% (n = 602...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Novak D,Novak M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study to determine the significance of Bacteroides ureolyticus in the lower urogenital tract using a new selective and differential medium, this organism was isolated from 30.1% of asymptomatic men, 37.8% of men with genital warts, and 26.3% of men with non-gonococcal urethritis. Using the same selective medium B...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Woolley PD,Kinghorn GR,Bennett KW,Eley A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium infections are very rare in HIV-infected patients, even in patients in advanced stages of immunosuppression. All the reported cases in the literature are of disseminated infection, and with poor outcomes despite prompt and appropriate treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a loca...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Medaglia AA,Marco-Hernández J,de Ossó Acuña JT,Hermida Lama E,Martínez-Rebollar M,Caballero M,Rodríguez-Carunchio L,García F

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing incidence of chronic kidney disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the number of HIV-infected patients requiring hemodialysis has also increased. Dolutegravir is an integrase inhibitor that is a common component of HIV treatment regimens. Currently, there is no guidance regard...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kreft KN,Spencer CA,Raghuram A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess prevalence and risk factors for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among fishermen along Lake Victoria, Kenya. This cross-sectional study surveyed 250 fishermen from beaches in Kisumu District using proportional-to-size sampling based on the number of registered boats per beach....

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kwena ZA,Bukusi EA,Ng'ayo MO,Buffardi AL,Nguti R,Richardson B,Sang NM,Holmes K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the case of a black African woman who presented with three distinct episodes of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection unresponsive to first-line therapy. Clinical and virological resistance to aciclovir therapy was demonstrated, and although the first two episodes manifested as the deep ulceration often associa...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Boothby M,Radcliffe K

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Current teaching on Reiter's syndrome is that keratoderma blennorrhagica lesions appear characteristically on the soles of feet, although they can be seen on other parts of the body infrequently. We therefore thought that it would be interesting to report the case of keratoderma blennorrhagica lesions found on the gla...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Edirisinghe DN,Sankar KN,Pattman RS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the ARTEMIS trial, 689 treatment-naïve, HIV-1-infected adults received darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) 800/100 mg every day or lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) 800/200 mg total daily dose plus fixed-dose tenofovir/emtricitabine. Week 96 metabolic parameters are reported. Adverse events (AEs) classed as metabolism/nutrition ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Arathoon E,Schneider S,Baraldi E,Lim PL,Opravil M,Van De Casteele T,Lavreys L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the efficacy of a novel glycosylated mammalian cell derived recombinant human interferon-beta (r-hIFN-beta-1a) in the intralesional treatment of genital condylomata acuminata. The study was randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled. Patients (n=60) with up to 8 distinct condylomata acuminata were rando...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bornstein J,Pascal B,Zarfati D,Goldshmid N,Abramovici H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal study of demographic and behavioural characteristics associated with risky sexual behaviours of young men after release from prison. One hundred and six men were interviewed in prison and at one week and six months after release. Overall, 37% reported a previous sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagno...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： MacGowan RJ,Margolis A,Gaiter J,Morrow K,Zack B,Askew J,McAuliffe T,Sosman JM,Eldridge GD,Project START Study Group.

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus sp. are commensal organisms that are increasingly reported to cause invasive infections among immunosuppressed persons. However, few data exist regarding the occurrence and risk factors of these infections among HIV-infected persons. Further, the safety of products that contain lactobacilli (e.g. probiot...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Haghighat L,Crum-Cianflone NF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing the number of sex partners and using condoms are the major means for individuals to protect themselves from STDs and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. To identify predictors of having only one sex partner in the last year and to assess knowledge and use of condoms among women of reproductive age in Dar-es-Salaam, T...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kapiga SH,Lwihula GK,Shao JF,Hunter DJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management and outcome of all cases of gonorrhoea which presented to a south London genitourinary medicine clinic during 1999 were assessed and compared with published national guidelines. The incidence of penicillin resistance was calculated, as was the rate of co-infection with chlamydia and trichomonas. Informa...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Newell A,Herbert E,Vigus J,Grieg A,Rodgers ME

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who acquire repeated infections of gonorrhoea are well described. A study was undertaken of male patients attending a central London clinic in an attempt to identify features of those acquiring repeated infections to facilitate risk reduction strategies. During the 3 years 1990 to 1992, 18.8% of patients cont...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sherrard J,Barlow D

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old woman with HIV infection developed Cushingoid features while she was taking ritonavir-boosted darunavir. Cushing's syndrome was confirmed due to the drug interaction between ritonavir and budesonide. Diagnosis of iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome in HIV-positive patients who are on ritonavir-boosted protease...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Yoganathan K,David L,Williams C,Jones K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of human herpes virus-8-associated multicentric Castleman's disease in an HIV-positive patient with hyponatraemia. A 65-year-old man was admitted with relapsing and remitting fever, scattered skin eruptions and hepatosplenomegaly following combination antiretroviral therapy for his HIV infection. Base...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sasaki H,Maeda T,Hara Y,Osa M,Imai K,Moriguchi K,Mikita K,Fujikura Y,Kaida K,Kawana A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Jamaica, where homosexuality is criminalized, scant research has examined associations between sexual stigma and HIV infection. The study objective was to examine correlates of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Jamaica. We conducted a cross-sectional tablet-based survey with MSM in Jamaica usin...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Logie CH,Kenny KS,Lacombe-Duncan A,Levermore K,Jones N,Neil A,Ellis T,Marshall A,Newman PA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00