Abstract:
:Requests for hepatitis C antibodies (HCV Ab) made by the Oxford Department of Genito-urinary (GU) Medicine were audited against national guidelines to determine how the service performed and to develop locally applicable standards. This resulted in more effective screening and cost savings.
journal_name
Int J STD AIDSjournal_title
International journal of STD & AIDSauthors
Williams PM,Edwards Adoi
10.1258/095646206777689026subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-07-01 00:00:00pages
482-3issue
7eissn
0956-4624issn
1758-1052journal_volume
17pub_type
杂志文章abstract::In this study 1155 injection drug users (IDUs) receiving targeted intervention in five cities of Punjab were surveyed; three cities (Amritsar, Taran-Taran, Batala) were in districts sharing an international border with Pakistan and the other two were Jalandhar and Ludhiana. Information on socio-demography, substance u...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0956462413515659
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper describes the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) recorded in the Weekly Returns Service (WRS) between 1994 and 2001. There were approximately 76,500 new diagnoses of STIs (7500 males, 71,000 females) and associated syndromes. Candidiasis was the commonest condition reported in males and fem...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/095646206780070992
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Perceived health-related quality of life (QOL) of 113 adult people living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) attending an outpatient hospital clinic was assessed upon initial registration using the Medical Outcomes Study SF-36. QOL ratings on both physical functioning and psychological well-being aspects of the SF-36 were lower than...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/0956462011923598
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::In Latin America, men who have sex with men (MSM) remain disproportionately impacted by HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention tool and has been FDA approved in the United States since 2012, but no Latin American state, with the recent exception of Brazil, has implemented PrEP guidelines. ...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0956462419825944
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We investigated the process and time required to collect 450 interviews in a project to determine the most efficacious behavioural surveillance approaches to detect changes in gonorrhoea prevalence. In total, 150 respondents were recruited in each method. For each of place surveys (bars), gonorrhoea case interviews, a...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/095646207782716947
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Studies of HIV/sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in China have paid little attention to community characteristics that may be conducive to HIV/STD risky behaviours and to the spread of the epidemics. Using data from a community survey and employing both correlation and multiple regression analysis, this paper exami...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/0956462052932610
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Genital elephantiasis is an important medical problem in the tropics. It usually affects young and productive age group, and is associated with physical disability and extreme mental anguish. The majority of cases are due to filariasis; however, a small but significant proportion of patients develop genital elephantia...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1258/095646206775809150
更新日期:2006-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.009314
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The potential for drug-drug interactions (DDIs) between direct oral anticoagulants and antiretroviral therapy (ART) is vast. Ritonavir and cobicistat are used as pharmacokinetic enhancers with either concurrent protease inhibitors or the integrase strand transfer inhibitor, elvitegravir, to optimize therapeutic concen...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0956462419832099
更新日期:2019-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/095646249200300206
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Seventy-eight men with symptoms of chronic or subacute prostatitis were enrolled. Investigations for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis in urethral swabs were carried out. The expressed prostatic secretions were additionally examined for Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Gardnerella vaginalis, other gram-...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/0956462981922395
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Genitourinary (GU) medicine services are under increasing pressure due to increased workload. The Department of Health responded to this crisis by allocating pump-priming funding of ?5 million direct to GU medicine clinics in 2002-03. A survey was performed of all clinics in England to determine if funding was receive...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/095646240401501004
更新日期:2004-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008348
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to assess HIV prevalence and associated risk behaviours among international truck drivers (TDs) in Azerbaijan. The subjects signed consent and completed a questionnaire. Blood was tested using two rapid HIV tests: Determine and OraQuick. Genotyping was performed on 13 positives. Overall, 3763...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008396
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) are two of the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infections in the UK. Although the high burden of extra-genital infections with GC and CT in men who have sex with men has been well established, a significant number of extra-genital site infections ...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0956462414543120
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report two cases who attended the genitourinary medicine clinic for the treatment of epididymo-orchitis. They did not respond to treatment and subsequent ultrasound sonography (USS) of testis confirmed microlithiasis and excluded any inflammatory process or carcinoma in situ. Because of its association with testicu...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2007.007184
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Our objective was to determine the prevalence of HIV and the distribution of HIV-related diseases among adult, medical inpatients. Consecutive admissions were recruited and a single ELISA assay was used to determine HIV infection. Demographic and clinical details were extracted from clinical records. Of 507 patients, ...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/0956462011923336
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) continue to be the most common notifiable infectious conditions worldwide. Their unacceptably high incidence is underlined by the recent emergence of a (presently) incurable and lethal STD--human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection--which merits its description as a pandemic, an...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 社论,评审
doi:10.1258/0956462961918419
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::From June to December 1990, 806 prostitutes registered with the STD programme in Singapore for regular screening for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) were investigated for factors associated with STD incidence in the preceding year. The majority were foreigners (92.7% Malaysians and 3.1% Thais). Anal sex (0.4%) and...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/095646249200300506
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We aim to clarify the prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in asymptomatic men in Japan. First-catch urine specimens were obtained from 187 asymptomatic Japanese men and examined for the presence of M. genitalium using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay. Two (1.1%) of 187 first-catch urine specimens were pos...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/0956462971919877
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Individuals diagnosed with HIV before 1996 had poor prognoses. Few HIV care centers can track patients continuously from the 1980s to present. We determined the sociodemographic, clinical, and health care utilization characteristics of patients diagnosed and followed for >20 years (i.e. long-term HIV/AIDS survivors) t...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0956462418778705
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.009240
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 46-year-old Caucasian heterosexual male was referred to a dedicated AIN clinic from colorectal multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) with AIN 3 following complete resection of anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). On further questioning, he revealed that he also had a lesion on his penis. Histology of the penile lesion demo...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2011.011255
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this revision is to evaluate ethnicity and gender rate of enrolment in registrative clinical trials of the protease inhibitors (Pls) from 1996 to 2009. Company-sponsored, phase II or III registrative clinical trials of PIs were evaluated. Forty-nine clinical trials were included. Clinical trials were conduc...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2012.012047
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::HIV testing and counselling is crucial in identifying new HIV cases and linking them to treatment. Provider-initiated testing and counselling can help to increase uptake of HIV testing and counselling and HIV case detection. We implemented provider-initiated testing and counselling in 32 health facilities in Ebonyi St...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0956462418783533
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis may be discontinued when CD4 is > or =200 cells/mm(3) for three months in response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Unlike CD4, the total lymphocyte count (TLC) is inexpensive and widely available in resource-constrained countries. Paired TLC and CD4 v...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.009090
更新日期:2010-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/095646203767869110
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2011.010331
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of the work is to describe the occurrence of ocular complications and loss of vision due to herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) in HIV-positive patients who received early antiviral therapy for HZO.This is a post hoc analysis of prospectively collected data.Twenty-four HIV-positive patients with HZO were included...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0956462412472303
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have conducted a longitudinal study on factors associated with candidal vaginal colonization, a precursor of vaginitis, in a cohort of HIV-infected women in Italy. All consecutive women attending a single, tertiary care clinical site were offered free screening for sexually transmitted infections and genital disord...
journal_title:International journal of STD & AIDS
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/095646206776253435
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00