Purulent vaginal and cervical discharge in the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease.

abstract：:Few studies investigate sexual health among Chinese international students in Australia. We recruited domestic (n = 623) and Chinese international (n = 500) students for separate online surveys on sexual behaviours and knowledge. Samples were compared using Chi square, Fisher's exact and equality of medians tests. Dom...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Douglass CH,Qin C,Martin F,Xiao Y,El-Hayek C,Lim MS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genital elephantiasis (esthiomene), which is the dramatic end-result of lymphatic obstruction, is rather rare. Although mainly associated with filariasis and sexually transmitted diseases, such as lymphogranuloma venereum and donovanosis, it could also be an uncommon complication of tubercular lymphadenitis, a common ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sarkar R,Kaur C,Thami GP,Kanwar AJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 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

authors： Krentz HB,John Gill M

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:We sought to describe the prevalence, trends and factors associated with late diagnosis of HIV infection between 2001 and 2008 in Catalonia, Spain. Adults over 13 years of age with available CD4 cell counts, who were notified to the Catalonia Voluntary HIV Surveillance System between January 2001 and December 2008, we...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Vives N,Carnicer-Pont D,García de Olalla P,Camps N,Esteve A,Casabona J,HIV and STI Surveillance Group.

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：: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：:In a study to determine the herpes simplex virus (HSV) type isolated from patients with primary (first-attack) genital herpes and to identify any clinical or epidemiological features that might influence the reported incidence of any particular viral type, there was almost an equal incidence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 isolate...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Woolley PD,Kudesia G

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a literature review of patients' conditions described under persistent genital arousal disorder and restless genital syndrome, vulvodynia and male genital skin pain of unknown aetiology (penoscrotodynia). Our aim is to improve the understanding of the condition, unify nomenclature and promote evidence-bas...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Markos AR,Dinsmore W

更新日期：2013-11-01 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

authors： Ross MW,Berman SM,Aral SO,Courtney PE,Dennison JM,Klovdahl AS,Williams ML,St Lawrence JS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genital ulcer disease as a risk factor for HIV transmission has become apparent in the fight against AIDS. In poor communities in developing countries with people living under low hygienic conditions chancroid is often reported to be the most common form of genital ulcer. It is caused by Haemophilus ducreyi; a fastidi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Jonasson JA

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite many reports of HIV-infected African children who have HIV-uninfected mothers, little is known about the extent and modes of horizontal HIV transmission in African children. We estimated the extent of horizontal HIV transmission in Swazi children by comparing child and mother HIV statuses in the 2006-2007 Swaz...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Okinyi M,Brewer DD,Potterat JJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UK post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) guidelines were updated by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) in 2011. In 2013, we changed policy to omit day 5 PEP follow-up at 56 Dean Street as it was felt clinically unnecessary. This audit compares our performance against BASHH standards for PEP attenders ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： O'Keeffe C,Nwokolo N,McOwan A,Whitlock G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1995 infectious syphilis has re-emerged in Albania. As syphilis has become more common, more unusual presentations are being recognized. We present a case of an HIV-negative man with primary syphilis presenting with multiple penile ulcers and negative rapid plasma reagin and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Harxhi A,Kraja D,Shehu E,French P

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to examine associations between self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sociodemographic, lifestyle, health status, health service use and quality of life factors among young Australian women; and their use of family planning and sexual health clinics and associations with health, de...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Schofield MJ,Minichiello V,Mishra GD,Plummer D,Savage J

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:There is still a paucity of research on the sociodemographic and other underlying factors associated with HIV transmission among women in India. This study was designed to investigate such factors in sexually experienced Indian women. We used data from the National Family Health Survey 3 (NFHS-3), which tested 52,853 ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ghosh P,Arah OA,Talukdar A,Sur D,Babu GR,Sengupta P,Detels R

更新日期：2011-03-01 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

authors： Colvin M,Dawood S,Kleinschmidt I,Mullick S,Lallo U

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to compare the impact of oral and i.v. ganciclovir on resource use and direct health care costs, from the perspective of the UK National Health Service (NHS). The analytical framework used was cost analysis. The sources of data were an open, randomized clinical trial, and additional rese...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Davies L,Maynard A

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：:There are many challenges in providing genitourinary medicine services in prison. A review of current service arrangements is overdue. Developing a national standard for sexual health in prison must be a priority. Clinical governance arrangements underpinned by better health informatics and reliable measures of outcom...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lau R

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:As few studies have compared the clinical features of rectal gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men with or without concurrent chlamydial infection, this longitudinal study was undertaken to address this issue. The cohort consisted of 129 men with rectal gonorrhoea, 34 of whom had concurrent chlamydiae. Symptoms of p...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： McMillan A,Young H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the HIV/AIDS-related knowledge among junior high-school students in Shanghai, China, and the factors influencing this knowledge. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 20 middle schools of two districts by a cluster-stratified selection procedure in Shanghai, China. The 2432 sampl...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Cai Y,Shi R,Li S,Xu G,Huang H

更新日期：2012-03-01 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

authors： Nithyanandam S,Joseph M,Stephen J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has transformed HIV-1 infection from an invariably fatal disease into a chronic infection requiring lifelong treatment. However, the challenges we still face are the urgent need to provide affordable sustainable therapy to the millions of infected individuals who live in re...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Dorrell L

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study dysglycaemia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients we conducted a retrospective cohort study of the glucose profile in HIV-infected patients. The fasting blood glucose was analysed taking into consideration conventional risk factors as well as HIV infection and highly active antiretroviral t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Duro M,Rebelo I,Barreira S,Sarmento-Castro R,Medeiros R,Almeida C

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HIV infection in drug addicts and to address their drug habit, sexual life style and socioeconomic factors. This study was conducted among 505 male drug addicts comprising 250 intravenous drug users (IDUs) and 255 non-IDUs. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay wa...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Islam SK,Hossain KJ,Kamal M,Ahsan M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether social vulnerability is associated with HIV testing among South African men who have sex with men (MSM). A community-based survey was conducted with 300 MSM in Pretoria in 2008. The sample was stratified by age, race and residential status. Social vulnerability was assessed using measures o...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Knox J,Sandfort T,Yi H,Reddy V,Maimane S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perigenital molluscum contagiosum in adults is recognized as being a sexually transmitted infection. A retrospective casenote review was performed on patients attending a department of genitourinary medicine (GUM) who had been diagnosed as having molluscum. One or more co-existent sexually transmitted diseases (STD) w...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Radcliffe KW,Daniels D,Evans BA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00