Spontaneous comparisons with others in gay men's judgements of HIV risk.

abstract：:National guidelines state that hepatitis B and C testing should be targeted to those with risk factors. However, there is little data to support this recommendation. There is also limited data of viral hepatitis prevalence in attendees at genitourinary medicine clinics. We report the prevalence of hepatitis B infectio...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Price H,Salimee S,Coelho D

更新日期：2017-03-01 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

authors： Beltrame A,Matteelli A,Carvalho AC,Saleri N,Casalini C,Capone S,Patroni A,Manfrin M,Carosi G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External genital warts, caused by human papillomavirus, have a significant clinical, epidemiological, and financial impact, including the risk for malignant transformation. Treatment modalities include: (a) destructive (ablative); (b) cytotoxic (proapoptotic) and (c) immunomodulatory, with success and recurrence rates...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Juhl ME,Seferovic V,Antonijevic S,Krunic A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent survey reported that 36% of UK genitourinary medicine clinics offer testing for pharyngeal Chlamydia trachomatis (CT). Screening at this site is targeted at high-risk groups attending our centre, including female sex workers (FSWs) and male sex workers (MSWs). A total of 2406 patients were screened between No...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Tipple C,Hill SC,Smith A

更新日期：2010-11-01 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

authors： Gupta S,Ajith C,Kanwar AJ,Sehgal VN,Kumar B,Mete U

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of oral azithromycin (500 mg daily for 10 days or 500 mg on alternate days for 11 days) in 100 patients with seropositive syphilis was studied. Clinical manifestations regressed more rapidly in azithromycin-treated patients compared with patients who received erythromycin or penicillin, and there was also...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mashkilleyson AL,Gomberg MA,Mashkilleyson N,Kutin SA

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：:Women attending a dedicated medical gynaecology and family planning referral clinic for women with HIV were surveyed using a standard questionnaire about their knowledge and attitudes to post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual exposure (PEPSE) and emergency hormonal contraception (EHC). Eighty percent of them had not h...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Samuel M,Taylor C,Brady M,McDonald C,Poulton M,Tenant-Flowers M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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

authors： Simms I,Fleming DM,Lowndes CM,Smith GE,Chapman RS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing guidance recommends extragenital screening with locally validated nucleic acid amplification tests, with anatomical sites tested separately. Evidence supports multi-patient combined aliquot pooled sampling (PS) for population screening; evidence for within-patien...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Shaw J,Saunders JM,Hughes G

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature ejaculation is a common sexual problem which presents to genitourinary (GU) medicine services. Five main treatment approaches have been used in clinical trials: behavioural therapy, antidepressants, phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors, topical anaesthetic agents and alpha-blockers. We have carried out a sy...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Richardson D,Green J,Ritcheson A,Goldmeier D,Harris JR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haematogenous dissemination of undiagnosed urinary tuberculosis after performing extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is extremely rare. Herein, we report a 41-year-old male who presented with urosepsis to the emergency room; catheterization was performed and retention resolved. He had a tattoo on his left arm...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Tourchi A,Ebadi M,Hosseinzadeh A,Shabaninia M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elicit the needs of asylum seekers attending the Royal Hallamshire genitourinary medicine clinic for the first time in 2002 and whether these differed from British patients, a search of patient records for 2002 identified 43 asylum seekers (21 female, 22 male) who were paired with 43 British patients matched by age...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rogstad KE,Dale H

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is the leading incident cancer and the main cause of cancer-related mortality among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, HIV-infected women are at a higher risk of developing cervical cancer than HIV-negative women. The purpose of this study was to distinguish differences in characteristics of HIV...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lovgren K,Soliman AS,Ngoma T,Kahesa C,Meza J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2001 and 2002 an anonymous outreach-screening programme in Melbourne, Australia, offered testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia on-site at men-only saunas. Modifications were made to this screening programme to offer a comprehensive testing clinic for sexually transmissible infections (STIs), including HIV. The c...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lister NA,Smith A,Tabrizi SN,Garland S,Hayes P,Fairley CK

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of in-depth interviews (n = 38) and surveys (n = 203) were used to (1) identify strategies to recruit persons at high risk for HIV infection; (2) determine whether one strategy was more successful than others; and (3) describe motivators and barriers to participation in HIV-prevention studies. From in-de...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ogendo A,Otieno F,Nyikuri M,Shinde S,Nyambura M,Pals S,Chege W,Gust DA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current cervical screening guidelines lay the duty of care of women under 25 years of age on genitourinary (GU) medicine clinics. To date there has not been an extensive review of cervical cytology results sourced from GU medicine departments. We reviewed the annual reports of the cervical screening programme, wit...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Markos AR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the prevalence of rectal chlamydial infection amongst men who have sex with men (MSM). Previous studies using culture methods reported this to be between 4-6%. The emergence of nucleic acid amplification tests has significantly increased the sensitivity and specificity for chlamydial detection, m...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Manavi K,McMillan A,Young H

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of vulvovaginal candidiasis are the result of the inflammatory response of the vulva and vagina to Candida overgrowth. Topical treatments comprise intra-vaginal pessaries or cream used in combination with a similar azole-based cream for external application. In this audit Candida isolation rates ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rodgers CA

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:Using data from the Prevention of Pelvic Infection (POPI) chlamydia screening trial, we compared the characteristics of female students who did or did not get tested for chlamydia outside the trial during 12 months' follow-up. Of the 2529 women in the trial, we excluded 68 chlamydia positives in the intervention group...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kerry SR,Nightingale CM,Hay P,Oakeshott P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study of 360 patients presenting with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to a primary care clinic in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa was done. Prevalence of HIV infection was 42.5%. HIV-infected patients were of similar age to uninfected patients (mean age 25.1 vs 26.1 years), but were less likely to b...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Wilkinson D,Wilkinson N

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of the Captia Syphilis G anti-treponemal IgG enzyme immunoassay (EIA-IgG) was compared with the Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA) and the Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorbed (FTA-Abs) test as a marker for past syphilis in 28 HIV-infected and 31 HIV-negative patients with a past his...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Young H,Moyes A,Ross JD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Russian Federation has had a well developed state system for the surveillance and control of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) since World War II. The system is centered around clinical dermatovenereology (DV) services controlled by the Ministry of Health, and in the regions by the Divisions of Health Care. D...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Borisenko K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to determine IgA, IgG antibodies to Candida albicans in whole saliva and serum from HIV-infected patients and to compare them to a group of healthy controls. The study population consisted of 34 HIV-infected individuals free of any other systemic diseases and thirty healthy controls. IgA concentratio...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Belazi M,Fleva A,Drakoulakos D,Panayiotidou D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the health risk profile of prostitutes in Dublin. Clinical records of all 150 new prostitutes who attended a drop-in clinic for prostitutes in Dublin city during the period 1991-1997 were reviewed. Variables examined included: age, use of injectable drugs, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status,...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： McDonnell RJ,McDonnell PM,O'Neill M,Mulcahy F

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health authorities have long believed that the preponderance of AIDS cases in Africa are attributable to 'heterosexual transmission'; most people silently assume this rubric to indicate penile-vaginal intercourse only. Recent epidemiologic analyses suggest that the majority of HIV cases in sub-Saharan Africa ma...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Brody S,Potterat JJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplant recipients represent a patient subgroup for whom the effective treatment of genital warts poses a significant problem in genitourinary medicine. This case demonstrates the safe and effective treatment of resistant perianal warts in a male renal transplant recipient using imiquimod. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gayed SL

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementation of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in Cornwall commenced in April 2003. Initially, women in community venues were screened using urine samples. However, many of these urine samples were inhibitory to polymerase chain reaction (PCR), resulting in a high recall rate for women in the programme. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Keane FE,Bendall R,Saulsbury N,Haddon L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00