Neurosyphilitic gumma in a homosexual man with HIV infection confirmed by polymerase chain reaction.

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：:Local genital tract inflammation stimulates leukocyte activity and causes HIV shedding, potentially increasing HIV sexual infectiousness. Although there are available clinical markers for genital tract inflammation, such as urinary leukocyte esterase, none have yet been examined in relation to HIV sexual risk behaviou...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kalichman SC,Washington C,Grebler T,Kalichman MO,Cherry C,Eaton L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study looks at the sensitivity of microscopy in the diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), the effect of microscopy on time to treatment of NG and the added value of microscopy in the management of gonorrhoea. Women diagnosed with NG at an inner city genitourinary (GU) medicine clinic between August 2005 and Ju...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Forbes KM,Vaze U,Wheeler HL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to monitor the trends of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and to compare the results of antimicrobial sensitivity by disc diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). Two hundred and eleven confirmed strains of N. gonorrhoeae were subjected to antimicrobial sensitivity testing by disc ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ray K,Bala M,Kumar J,Misra RS

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:Brothel workers in Thailand are at high risk of HIV infection but they alone do not have adequate bargaining power to insist on condom use with all clients. Brothel managers, on the other hand, are a source of influence over both clients and their workers and can promote universal condom use in their establishments. T...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sakondhavat C,Werawatanakul Y,Bennett A,Kuchaisit C,Suntharapa S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old HIV-infected woman developed fever and systemic illness of unknown origin after being placed on phenytoin for seizures. Her clinical syndrome, skin biopsy findings, and clinical response to steroids were consistent with phenytoin hypersensitivity syndrome. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bedimo RJ,Geisler WM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of syphilis have been increasing in the UK and it remains an important public health problem. Here, we provide an overview of syphilis, its presentation, diagnosis and management. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Eccleston K,Collins L,Higgins SP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old heterosexual man presented with urethral discharge and penile oedema, two days after having a Reverse Prince Albert penile ring replaced. Clinically, he also had genital warts at the piercing tract openings. Investigations revealed positive chlamydial and gonococcal infection of the urethra. The gonococc...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hounsfield V,Davies SC

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:The sexual health services in the Birmingham and Solihull area of the United Kingdom, called Umbrella, has been offering home-based testing for sexually transmitted infections to patients since August 2015. The aim of this service evaluation was to evaluate the uptake, return rate and new diagnosis rates of home-based...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Banerjee P,Madhwapathi V,Thorley N,Radcliffe K

更新日期：2020-06-01 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

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the factors relating to CD4 level at HIV diagnosis and HIV testing behaviour. Participants were newly diagnosed patients (n = 654) in Japan from 2000 to 2005. Around 75% of participants were diagnosed at hospital and clinics. Mean CD4 counts at diagnosis through voluntary HIV t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Takano M,Okada M,Oka S,Wagatsuma Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Condom promotion in sub-Saharan Africa has been accused by some conservative groups of encouraging promiscuity. This study explored the relationship between condom availability and sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence in a closed Malawian community. An audit of clinic records charted the changing availabilit...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Metcalfe D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Fuckbuddies' are a type of regular sexual partner with whom men have ongoing sexual contact, generally in the absence of romantic attachment. We surveyed 989 men who have sex with men (MSM) at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Australia, with the aim of determining the frequency of 'fuckbuddy' partnerships among se...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Cornelisse VJ,Fairley CK,Phillips T,Walker S,Chow EP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We adapted the Healthy Love Workshop (HLW), an HIV prevention workshop for African American women in the United States, for African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) women in Toronto, Canada. We conducted a pilot study with ACB women ( n = 80) in ten community-based settings with pre-test (T1), post-test (T2) and three-month...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Logie CH,Okumu M,Ryan S,Yehdego DM,Lee-Foon N

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in body shape due to fat loss and/or redistribution have been described in HIV-infected individuals and associated with the use of antiretroviral (ARV) combination therapy. Certain of these changes have been referred to as peripheral lipodystrophy (LD) and we describe 12 patients who were recognized with t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Shaw AJ,McLean KA,Evans BA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute-phase protein C-reactive protein (CRP) is a sensitive marker of inflammation and tissue damage. We measured CRP in 109 HIV-1 antibody-positive patients admitted to hospital for investigation. In 67 patients with intercurrent infection (of whom 27 were afebrile at presentation) CRP levels were 2.2-483.5 mg/dL...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Noursadeghi M,Miller RF

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper was to identify and describe enhanced sexual health services (ESHSs) commissioned for testing, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in primary and community care settings in England. ESHSs commissioned by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England were determined by...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Yung M,Denholm R,Peake J,Hughes G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of STI-control in the Netherlands is described. STIs represent a relatively modest health problem in the Netherlands. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most frequent STI. Recent reports show that STIs are on the rise again, especially amongst gay men. The general health system deals with STIs, the main pro...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Coenen AJ,Berends R,Van der Meijden WI

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of Haemophilus ducreyi in genital ulcer specimens by culture lacks sensitivity. To enhance detection, a heminested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed targeting the nucleotide sequence of a gene, designated p27, which encodes for a 27 kDa H. ducreyi-specific protein. The p27 PCR assay detecte...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Tekle-Michael T,Van Dyck E,Abdellati S,Laga M

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:Whilst much is known about the individual-level risk factors for herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) infection, little is known about why only some populations develop generalized HSV-2 epidemics. This study aims to assess the extent to which partner-concurrency (a factor which operates at both the partnership- and network...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kenyon C,Colebunders R,Buve A,Hens N

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:We aim to assess the usefulness of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 antigenaemia test, also called the CMV direct antigen test (DAT), in the management of patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; we studied all patients who had pp65 assays between 8 September 1995 and 30 August 1996. Twenty-t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Fox EF,Smith NA,Rice P,Dunn H,Peters BS

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routinely collected data from clinical sites offering voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV diagnosis have been used to evaluate the impact of public health interventions; however, there has been considerable diversity in strategies. To gain an understanding of the outcome of these evaluations and provide th...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Guy RJ,Prybylski D,Fairley CK,Hellard ME,Kaldor JM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to investigate the financial situation of people living with HIV in Europe. Two surveys using an anonymous questionnaire were organized in Europe among people living with HIV, the first in 1996-97 and the second in 1998-99. One thousand one hundred and sixty-one people from the 1996-97 survey and 899...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Schrooten W,Dreezen C,Borleffs J,Dijkgraaf M,Borchert M,De Graeve D,Hemmer R,Fleerackers Y,Colebunders R,Eurosupport Study Group.

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An HIV-positive African woman developed severe constitutional symptoms associated with rebound viraemia during a planned antiretroviral treatment interruption, requiring reinitiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Freedman E,Dhaliwal K,Estcourt C,Baily G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated associations between history of syphilis infection and both cognitive function and depressive symptoms in people living with HIV (PLHIV) and comparable HIV-negative controls. Syphilis serological tests, cognitive function and depression were assessed in PLHIV and controls participating in the Pharmacokine...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： De Francesco D,Winston A,Underwood J,Cresswell FV,Anderson J,Post FA,Williams I,Mallon PW,Sachikonye M,Babalis D,Vera JH,Bagkeris E,Milinkovic A,Sabin CA

更新日期：2019-04-01 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