Effect of HIV genotypic drug resistance testing on the management and clinical course of HIV-infected children and adolescents.

abstract：:This study employed culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to examine the prevalence of Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma penetrans and Mycoplasma pirum in 210 HIV/AIDS patients, 455 sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic attendees and 245 he...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Wang B,Wu JR,Guo HJ,Yang HT,Ai J,Hui M,Chan CY

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Bambari and Bria, 2 towns in the Central African Republic (CAR), we analysed a patient-led partner referral programme within enhanced sexually transmitted disease (STD) services. New (index) patients received syndromic management, counselling about notifying and treating contacts, and vouchers for distribution. Fro...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Koumans EH,Barker K,Massanga M,Hawkins RV,Somse P,Parker KA,Moran J

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：:We characterized HIV-1 subtypes among 204 persons newly diagnosed with HIV in Ontario from 2003 to 2005 using samples from the Canadian HIV Strain and Drug Resistance Surveillance Program. We examined HIV-1 subtype by demographic characteristics and exposure category, and determined independent predictors of infection...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rank C,Njihia JG,Remis RS,Shah L,Swantee C,Brooks JI,Jayaraman GC,Archibald CP

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:One hundred male sexual partners of women with anaerobic vaginosis (AV) were screened for the presence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Thirty male partners had evidence of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), compared to 5 in the control group (P less than 0.05). Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from 14 male par...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Arumainayagam JT,de Silva Y,Shahmanesh M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Requests for hepatitis C antibodies (HCV Ab) made by the Oxford Department of Genito-urinary (GU) Medicine were audited against national guidelines to determine how the service performed and to develop locally applicable standards. This resulted in more effective screening and cost savings. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Williams PM,Edwards A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the validity of a syndromic case management approach for reproductive tract infections (RTIs) among 371 pregnant women attending antenatal care facilities in Kingston, Jamaica, using an algorithm previously validated in high-risk Jamaican women. For our antenatal attenders, the algorithm had low sensitivit...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hylton-Kong T,Brathwaite AR,Del Rosario GR,Kristensen S,Kamara P,Jolly PE,Hook EW 3rd,Figueroa JP,Vermund SH

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:People tend to believe that their chance of experiencing undesirable events is lower and their chance of experiencing desirable events is higher than that of the average person like them. Two explanatory models of such 'unrealistic optimism' (UO) have been proposed: While the motivational account holds that UO serves ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gold RS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty asymptomatic HIV-infected individuals with CD4+ lymphocyte levels above 400x10(6)/l were immunized over 5 years with recombinant envelope glycoprotein gp160 (rgp160). After 5 years there was a trend towards more non-progressors in the immunized group as compared to the matched controls. Since immunizations could...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bratt G,Eriksson LE,Sandström E,Gilljam G,Hinkula J,Albert J,Redfield R,Wahren B

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of secondary syphilis mimicking lupus vulgaris in an HIV-infected patient. A 21-year-old Brazilian man presented with a two-month history of asymptomatic cutaneous lesions accompanied by fever and fatigue. Dermatological evaluation revealed an erythematous, crusted, large plaque on the neck with the '...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Genovese G,Nazzaro G,Coggi A,Gianotti R,Ramoni S,Cusini M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an audit of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) programmes in Blantyre, Malawi, and Liverpool, UK, a striking common deficiency was poor attendance of follow-up visits and of HIV testing to determine efficacy of PEP. Causes of poor follow-up after PEP need to be explored in both settings. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： van der Maaten GC,Davies J,Nyirenda M,Chitani A,Allain TJ,Beeching NJ,Beadsworth MB,van Oosterhout JJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 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

abstract：:In a study to determine the significance of Bacteroides ureolyticus in the lower urogenital tract using a new selective and differential medium, this organism was isolated from 30.1% of asymptomatic men, 37.8% of men with genital warts, and 26.3% of men with non-gonococcal urethritis. Using the same selective medium B...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Woolley PD,Kinghorn GR,Bennett KW,Eley A

更新日期：1992-03-01 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：:In order to determine inpatient hospital mortality rates, causes of mortality and characteristics of inpatients at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe, Malawi, we conducted a prospective observational study of all patients admitted to KCH medical ward from 20 September 2008 to April 2, 2009. All admission diagno...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Akinkuotu A,Roemer E,Richardson A,Namarika DC,Munthali C,Bahling A,Hoffman IF,Hosseinipour MC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of lung cancer has been increasing among HIV-positive patients. The majority of these cases were in patients previously diagnosed as HIV-positive and treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Here, we report a 56-year-old male patient with lung cancer, who was diagnosed as HIV-positive a...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sugawara E,Yamamoto K,Umeda S,Suzuki S,Kurata M,Endo Y,Uchibori K,Akashi T,Inase N,Kitagawa M

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Within the UK, the majority of hepatitis A occurs in high risk groups such as men who have sex with men (MSM). It has been estimated that 70% of MSM need immunity to provide adequate herd immunity. We aimed to estimate the proportion of hepatitis A susceptibility in MSM throughout a 10-year period (2010-2019), and exp...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Fitzpatrick C,Finnerty F,Williams D,Richardson D

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a young girl with vertically-transmitted HIV infection who presented with chronic ocular inflammation characterized by several relapses and remissions. Good viral and immunological status made infective or neoplastic causes unlikely; the diagnosis was challenging and finally spontaneous remissi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mozzo E,Donà D,Zannin ME,Giaquinto C,Rampon O

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who acquire repeated infections of gonorrhoea are well described. A study was undertaken of male patients attending a central London clinic in an attempt to identify features of those acquiring repeated infections to facilitate risk reduction strategies. During the 3 years 1990 to 1992, 18.8% of patients cont...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sherrard J,Barlow D

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:The blood-taking practices and prevalence of needle-stick injuries were recorded for 46 house officers working at the two largest teaching hospitals in Sheffield and 38 house officers working at three hospitals in London. Wearing gloves when performing venesection or inserting an intravenous cannula was generally perc...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Woolley PD,Palfreeman AJ,Patel R,Talbot MD,Samarasinghe PL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to identify factors associated with transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from injecting drug users (IDUs) to their wives in Manipur, northeast India, where the prevalence of HIV among IDUs is 80% via a case-control study. One hundred and sixty-one HIV-infected IDUs and their wives were recruited...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Panda S,Chatterjee A,Bhattacharya SK,Manna B,Singh PN,Sarkar S,Naik TN,Chakrabarti S,Detels R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domestic violence (DV) occurs frequently within the UK, with one in four women and one in six men experiencing DV during their life. DV is the leading cause of morbidity for women aged 19-44 years and is associated with sexual health problems. However, few data exist on the prevalence of DV in UK genitourinary (GU) me...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sanmani L,Sheppard ZA,Chapman C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Sexual Health Strategy, the targets of HIV testing uptake in genitourinary medicine clinics (GUM) are set at 40% by year 2004 and 60% by 2007. We assessed the uptake of HIV test amongst GUM clinic attendees, more than six months after introducing an information leaflet in place of verbal pre-test counselling (P...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Das S,Huengsberg M,Radcliffe K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the distributions of known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among drug injectors in Glasgow over a 3.5 year period. Data were obtained from all relevant laboratory request forms submitted to Glasgow's 3 virology laboratories during the period 1 January ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gruer LD,Peedle M,Carrington D,Clements GB,Follett EA

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old Caucasian heterosexual male was referred to a dedicated AIN clinic from colorectal multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) with AIN 3 following complete resection of anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). On further questioning, he revealed that he also had a lesion on his penis. Histology of the penile lesion demo...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Buba A,Howard M,Stockford G,Farrands P,Richardson D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonorrhoea and chlamydia infections in women are often regarded as asymptomatic. Syndromic management of sexually transmitted disease (STDs), however, is partially based on vaginal symptoms. We sought to better identify STD-associated symptoms in women by development of composite genitourinary symptom constructs. Stan...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Piper JM,Korte JE,Holden AE,Shain RN,Perdue S,Champion JD,Newton ER

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00