The uptake of HIV and syphilis testing in a nurse-delivered service during Gay Pride events.

abstract：:To analyse the prevalence of high ferritin levels in asymptomatic HIV patients and its related factors we conducted a cross-sectional study of a cohort of HIV outpatients in regular follow-up. Epidemiological, clinical, analytical and therapeutic data were collected. Patients completed a questionnaire about cardiovasc...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： López-Calderón C,Palacios R,Cobo A,Nuño E,Ruiz J,Márquez M,Santos J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, Kaposi is remembered for giving the first description of the angiosarcoma which bears his name. During his lifetime, he was acknowledged as one of the great masters of the Vienna School of Dermatology, a superb clinician and renowned teacher. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Oriel JD

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：: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：: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：:Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common neurological complications of HIV infection with a 30-60% lifetime prevalence. Newer HIV drugs cause less peripheral neuropathy, but patients are now living long enough to develop concomitant diabetes-related, vascular-related, and chemotherapy-related neuropathy so it c...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Smith TJ,Auwaerter P,Knowlton A,Saylor D,McArthur J

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:The aim of this work was to study the human papillomavirus (HPV) type-distribution in condylomata acuminata (CA) of mainland China and to estimate the potential role of HPV prophylactic vaccines for CA in mainland China. Forty-three studies using polymerase chain reaction to detect HPV were included in this meta-analy...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Wang H,Qiao YL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous Candida infections may occur in patients with HIV/AIDS, cancer, receiving chemotherapy and solid organ transplantation. A 32-year-old woman was admitted to the department suffering from pruritic and erythematous plaque on left side of her face for the past two months. The patient was HIV positive, diagnosed ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Demiraslan H,Alabay S,Kilic AU,Borlu M,Doganay M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to determine the factors associated with partner notification (PN) of sexually transmitted infection (STI) exposure among pregnant, low income, Mexican-American (MA) and African-American (AA) women and their male sexual partners. We used a cross-sectional analysis of 166 pregnant women wit...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Thurman AR,Holden AE,Shain R,Perdue S,Piper J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the ARTEMIS trial, 689 treatment-naïve, HIV-1-infected adults received darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) 800/100 mg every day or lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) 800/200 mg total daily dose plus fixed-dose tenofovir/emtricitabine. Week 96 metabolic parameters are reported. Adverse events (AEs) classed as metabolism/nutrition ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Arathoon E,Schneider S,Baraldi E,Lim PL,Opravil M,Van De Casteele T,Lavreys L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raltegravir is one of the standard antiretroviral therapy (ART) options in treatment-experienced and -naïve patients. However, efficacy data from clinical practice are scarce. Therefore, the efficacy of raltegravir-containing ART in clinical practice was investigated retrospectively. In all, 295 treatment-naïve and -e...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Jaeckle M,Khaykin P,Haberl A,De Leuw P,Schüttfort G,Stephan C,Wolf T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the Christmas and New Year period the Health Education Authority launched a sexual health promotion campaign aimed at increasing the awareness of and reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancy. We undertook a study to assess the effect of this campaign locally in 2 gen...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Riddell LA,Kuchimanchi U,Cope J,Rooney G,Sherrard J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Russian HIV epidemic is primarily fuelled by injection drug use, but heterosexual spread may be playing an increasing role in transmission. Government-funded AIDS clinics provide most HIV treatment in Russia, and represent an important contact point between the medical community and infected population. Little is ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Davidson AS,Zaller N,Dukhovlinova E,Toussova O,Feller E,Heimer R,Kozlov A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to assess the internal consistency of self-reported condom use among sex workers in Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. We examined the responses to questions about condom use among 4 cross-sectional samples of sex workers. We compared measures based on: (1) questions using...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Weir SS,Fox LJ,DeMoya A,Gomez B,Guerrero E,Hassig SE

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：: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：: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

authors： Edeza A,Galarraga O,Novak D,Mayer K,Rosenberger J,Mimiaga M,Biello K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Danish male military recruits (n = 388) were included in a follow-up study to investigate the prevalence and persistence of asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis infections. Urine specimens were collected at enrolment and after approximately six months. C. trachomatis was detected by polymerase chain reaction (Amplicor, ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： van den Brule AJ,Munk C,Winther JF,Kjaer SK,Jørgensen HO,Meijer CJ,Morré SA

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：: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：:The management of cases of Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection diagnosed in clinics in Wessex in the last quarter of 1996 was surveyed, and the results compared with those obtained in the national gonorrhoea audit. Treatment regimens were extremely varied both between and within clinics. Overall, 71% of patients s...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Priestley CJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared HIV-1 RNA levels using the nucleic acid sequenced based amplification (NASBA) test kit in 2 samples taken one year apart from participants infected with env subtype A or D in a population-based cohort in Uganda. Fifty participants were infected with subtype A and 70 with subtype D. HIV-1 RNA levels were si...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Morgan D,Kaleebu P,Whitworth J,Yirrell D,Rutebemberwa A,Shier R,Sebabi B,Gilmour J,Eotu H,Omoding N,Gotch F

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae not fully sensitive to ciprofloxacin from a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in London and where the isolates were acquired from. Data of antibiotic sensitivities of N. gonorrhoeae from 292 patients were reviewed over a 6-month period ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ivens D,Martin I,Ison C

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home treatment with podophyllotoxin or imiquimod are commonly prescribed therapies for anogenital warts. It is important to ascertain if patients are locating all lesions for treatment and if they know when they are clear of them. We set out to assess patients' ability to determine the number and location of their gen...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Carey FM,Quah SP,Dinsmore W,Maw RD

更新日期：2004-05-01 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 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：:Two cases are described of treatment-resistant vulvodynia that responded well to gabapentin. Gabapentin, an anti-epileptic drug, has been used in the treatment of neuropathic pain such as diabetic neuropathy and post-herpetic neuralgia. However, there has been little experience of its use in the relief of symptoms in ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bates CM,Timmins DJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 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