The effectiveness of an education intervention to prevent chlamydia infection among Greenlandic youth.

abstract：:Successful cervical screening programmes depend on the participation of an informed target population. A national cervical screening programme is shortly to be introduced in the Republic of Ireland. We compare the knowledge, attitudes and practice of 395 Irish urban women with 323 high-risk women, genitourinary medici...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： ní Riain A,Stewart M,Phelan D,Bury G,Mulcahy F

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

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：:To determine the frequency, imaging characteristics, neuroanatomical distribution and dynamics of magnetic resonance imaging findings in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in immunocompromised patients we compared patients without antiretroviral therapy with patients undergoing immune reconstitution. Neuroimaging ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Katchanov J,Branding G,Jefferys L,Arastéh K,Stocker H,Siebert E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the UK continue to increase. A discrepancy between knowledge and awareness of STIs, and sexual behaviour appears to be ubiquitous throughout the world. We hypothesize that human beings are biologically programmed to fall in love and bond in powerful relationships, whic...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Goldmeier D,Richardson D

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:The objective of this study was to audit the management of syphilis in our integrated sexual health clinic according to the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) guideline using the 'Treponemal Infection Care' (TIC) audit tool devised by our clinic. The case notes of patients diagnosed with all stages ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Knapper C,Furness L,Collett M,Lomax N,Browning M

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:Rising heterosexual syphilis in south London in 2002 prompted Local Enhanced Syphilis Surveillance (LESS) in five of the 10 genitourinary medicine clinics. LESS reported a fall in heterosexual infectious syphilis in 2004 that was corroborated by the National Enhanced Syphilis Surveillance (NESS). However, mandatory cl...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Menon-Johansson AS,Young Y,Maguire H,Trail P,Ward H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper assesses the associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual risks among HIV-positive female drinkers in St Petersburg, Russia. Survey and STI data were analysed from 285 women in HERMITAGE, a secondary prevention study of HIV-positive heavy drinker...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Urada LA,Raj A,Cheng DM,Quinn E,Bridden C,Blokhina EA,Krupitsky E,Samet JH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the clinical manifestations and diagnostic criteria used to diagnose presumptive pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre (SSHC). The study was a retrospective, case-note review of all women diagnosed with presumptive PID between April 1991 and De...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Marks C,Tideman RL,Estcourt CS,Smart S,Page J,Wagner K,Mindel A

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:Antioxidants significantly inhibit oxidative processes. The study seeks to determine the activity of endogenous antioxidants and CD4+ T-cell expression in HIV-serodiscordant-heterosexual partners. The case-control study had the following groups; A- (13 serodiscordant-seronegative subjects), B- (13 serodiscordant-serop...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ibeh BO,Obidoa O,Uzoegwu PN

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of congenital syphilis diagnosed in a 7-year-old child after her 32-year-old mother was investigated for neurosyphilis. Our case illustrates the importance of antenatal syphilis screening and the need for a clear referral and management pathway for women with positive serology to ensure cases such a...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Oomeer S,Alagaratnam J,Lyall H,Gurtin D,Goldmeier D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) rates in women are increasing and many are asymptomatic. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are becoming the 'gold standard' for diagnosis. We aimed to establish our asymptomatic TV rates by testing all women attending Oxfordshire's Sexual Health service, regardless of symptoms, using ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lord E,Newnham T,Dorrell L,Jesuthasan G,Clarke L,Jeffery K,Sherrard J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel HIV testing strategies may improve the uptake of the test. The aim of the present study was to investigate the uptake of HIV testing during Birmingham Pride events in 2009 and 2010. The project was a collaboration between Whittall Street Clinic and Healthy Gay Life. This was a nurse-delivered service that was of...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Manavi K,Williams G,Newton R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the association of neurocognitive impairment with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Seventy subjects were cross-sectionally analysed with a standardized neuropsychological test battery and a questionnai...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Tozzi V,Balestra P,Murri R,Galgani S,Bellagamba R,Narciso P,Antinori A,Giulianelli M,Tosi G,Fantoni M,Sampaolesi A,Noto P,Ippolito G,Wu AW

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to provide more comprehensive data on the clinical characteristics of hospitalized AIDS patients in Cambodia. Chart review of 381 HIV-infected patients admitted to a public hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia between December 1999 and May 2000 was performed. The in-hospital mortality rate was 43....

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Senya C,Mehta A,Harwell JI,Pugatch D,Flanigan T,Mayer KH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyse in a large sample of HIV-infected subjects the expectations toward complementary therapies (CT) and the characteristics of users. Self-administered anonymous questionnaires were distributed in seven European countries among HIV-infected subjects consecutively attending the offices ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Agnoletto V,Chiaffarino F,Nasta P,Rossi R,Parazzini F

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of microscopy of a Gram-stained urethral smear in the diagnosis of non-gonococcal urethritis and chlamydial urethral infection was assessed in 153 men attending a department of genitourinary medicine. A mean of more than 4 polymorphs in 5 fields (x1000) was considered to be abnormal. In the diagnosis of uret...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Terry PM,Holland S,Olden D,O'Connell S

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:HIV disproportionately affects men who have sex with men (MSM). Substance use is common among people living with HIV and may affect antiretroviral therapy adherence. Nevertheless, research examining the association between substance use and viral suppression is lacking. The aims of this study were to determine the ass...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Brown MJ,Serovich JM,Laschober TC,Kimberly JA

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:The two major risk groups for acquisition of HIV in the UK are gay men and IDUs. Individuals from these risk groups vary in a number of respects in their life-style, which have the potential to affect the course of their HIV disease. This study compares gay men and IDUs from the Lothian Region of Scotland with respect...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ross JD,Brettle R,Zhu C,Haydon G,Elton RA

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：: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

abstract：:Measurement of HIV viral load (VL) is the best indicator of success of antiretroviral therapy. We investigated the correlation between results by the Cepheid GeneXpert and a standard of care VL assay (Abbott M2000). This was a prospective study of people living with HIV who attended the department for routine VL measu...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Manavi K,Hodson J,Masuka S,Singo M,Dedicoat K,Osman H

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:Point-of-care microscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of vaginal discharge in genitourinary (GU) medicine clinics but not used in primary care settings and reproductive health clinics to which many patients present. In our GU medicine clinic setting, we conducted an audit to assess the utility of micr...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lascar RM,Devakumar H,Jungmann E,Copas A,Arthur G,Mercey D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SummarySexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are leading causes of substantial morbidity worldwide. Identification of risk factors for estimating STD risk provides opportunities for optimising service delivery in clinical settings, including improving case finding accuracy and increasing cost-efficiency by limiting the...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Falasinnu T,Gilbert M,Hottes TS,Gustafson P,Ogilvie G,Shoveller J

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Vietnam have been increasing. Control of STIs among female sex workers (FSWs) is important in controlling the epidemic. Effective STI control requires that physicians are skilful in taking sexual history for FSW patients. Three hundred and seventy-one physicians responded to a...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Do K,Minichiello V,Hussain R,Khan A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00