Do 'do not attends' at a genitourinary medicine service matter?

abstract：:Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and its association with other STD causing organisms. Three hundred and thirty-six consecutive women (female sex workers (FSWs) and married contacts), attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in Mumbai, were screened for N. gonorrhoe...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Divekar AA,Gogate AS,Shivkar LK,Gogate S,Badhwar VR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred consecutive patients with herpes zoster attending the skin clinic at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) were examined and checked for HIV infection. They ranged in age from 10 months to 86 years with the majority in their 20s and 30s. The dermatomes involved were thoracic (97), trigeminal (50)...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Naburi AE,Leppard B

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary aim of the current study was to test the effect of the presentation design of a test alert system on healthcare workers' (HCWs') decision-making regarding blood-borne virus (BBV) testing. The secondary aim was to determine HCWs' acceptance of the system. An online survey used a within-subjects research des...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： van Schaik P,Lorrimer S,Chadwick D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 and HSV-2 are frequent genital co-infections in women. To determine how self-collected genital swabs compare to provider-collected cervicovaginal lavage, paired self-collected genital swabs and cervicovaginal lavage from women co-infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2 were evaluated. Women were in an acyclovir clinical t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： McNicholl JM,Leelawiwat W,Whitehead S,Hanson DL,Evans-Strickfaden T,Cheng CY,Chonwattana W,Mueanpai F,Kittinunvorakoon C,Markowitz L,Dunne EF

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is uncommon in the UK but is found in migrant populations and in those who travel to areas of endemic schistosomiasis. Apparent clinical symptoms may occur long after the patient has left an endemic area. Female urogenital schistosomiasis (arising from infection by Schistosoma haematobium, endemic in A...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Samuel MI,Taylor C

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Bowenoid papulosis is a pre-malignant condition affecting the ano-genital area. Pathogenesis may be associated with high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes, and sexual transmission is the most likely mode of acquisition. Risk of progression to invasive disease is low. Treatment usually involves locally destructive or...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Goorney BP,Polori R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated our patients' preferences for weekend services at the same time as commencing a new Saturday clinic. Patients were asked for their views on weekend services: 374 questionnaires were returned; 210 (56%) from women and 164 (44%) from men. Saturday services were rated as more important than Sunday service...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Challenor R,Warwick Z

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current standard treatment for cerebral toxoplasmosis (pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine) often encounters problems of poor tolerability, adverse effects, frequent dropouts and non-availability of pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine in some parts of India. We have had to use the combination of two effective alternative agents for...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Goswami RP,Goswami RP,Rahman M,Ray Y,Tripathi SK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior research indicates that injection drug users forget substantial proportions of their injection partners when asked to recall them. Such under-reporting hampers both ascertainment of the injection networks that underlie transmission of blood-borne pathogens and contact-tracing efforts for disease control. We repo...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Brewer DD,Hagan H,Hough ES

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the use of various direct observation therapy-HAART treatment support modalities in Jos, Nigeria. A 12-month observational study enrolling 175 antiretroviral naïve patients into four arms of direct observation therapy-HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy); daily observed therapy (DOT), twice...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Idoko JA,Agbaji O,Agaba P,Akolo C,Inuwa B,Hassan Z,Akintunde L,Badung B,Muazu M,Danang M,Imade G,Sankale JL,Kanki P

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：: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：:Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a common presentation for patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). We prospectively followed 72 patients, consecutively admitted to a Thai regional hospital with FUO and HIV infection to identify aetiologies and...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kitkungvan D,Apisarnthanarak A,Plengpart P,Mundy LM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis is an uncommon cancer, though in one study it accounted for 90% of all penile cancers. Its association with balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO) is a rare though recognized occurrence. We describe a case of a 46-year-old Caucasian male who first presented to our open-access clinic w...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Goolamali SI,Pakianathan M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives were, first, to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Osmetech Microbial Analyser (OMA) for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and, secondly, to determine the factors that interfere with the performance of the test. Women presenting to a genitourinary medicine clinic underwent routine ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hay P,Tummon A,Ogunfile M,Adebiyi A,Adefowora A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national audit of practice performance against the key performance indicators in the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and HIV Medical Foundation for AIDS Sexual Health Standards for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) was conducted in 2011. Approximately 60% and 8% of level ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： McClean H,Sullivan AK,Carne CA,Warwick Z,Menon-Johansson A,Clutterbuck D,National Audit Group of British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) HIV co-infection is common and associated with increased risk of HIV transmission. HSV-2 seroprevalence was assessed on stored samples from baseline and one year follow-up from 81 patients identified with acute HIV infection and 81 age-matched chronically infected men. HSV-2 seropre...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lagnese M,Daar ES,Christenson P,Rieg G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of asymptomatic rectal bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on rectal HIV viral load (VL). A prospective cohort study of HIV-positive men who have sex with men attending a tertiary centre in London, UK, for their routine HIV care was performed. Forty-two ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Davies O,Costelloe S,Cross G,Dew T,O'Shea S,White J,Fox J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic susceptibility, serovars and auxotypes were investigated in gonococcal strains isolated from all patients with gonorrhoea during one year in Stockholm, Sweden. The results were correlated to geographical origin of the infection. A total of 394 gonococcal strains were isolated from 392 patients, 135 (34%...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bygdeman SM,Rudén AK,Jonsson A,Lidbrink P,Olofsson MB,Bäckman M,Gästrin B,Kallings I,Ramberg M,Rylander M

更新日期：1993-01-01 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

authors： Mulhall BP

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：: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：:Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) are a class of antiretroviral drugs with high virologic efficacy and excellent tolerability. Recent evidence showed a possible link of dolutegravir-based regimens with weight gain, and a relationship between raltegravir use and changes in adipose tissue density and metabol...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Piacentini D,Lanzafame M,Rizzardo S,Chiesi S,Lattuada E,Mehrabi S,Zamboni G,Mazzi R,Tacconelli E,Vento S

更新日期：2020-12-01 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 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：: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：: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：:We present the case of a 58-year-old HIV-infected patient with adrenal insufficiency after local injection of triamcinolone, most likely due to drug-drug interaction with his ritonavir-boosted antiretroviral therapy (ART). This is the first case of adrenal insufficiency occurring without prior symptoms of Cushing's sy...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Noe S,Jaeger H,Heldwein S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00