Impact of early recognition of potentially malignant oral disorders on the prognosis in people living with HIV.

abstract：:Cases of syphilis have been increasing in the UK and it remains an important public health problem. Here, we provide an overview of syphilis, its presentation, diagnosis and management. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Eccleston K,Collins L,Higgins SP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal study of demographic and behavioural characteristics associated with risky sexual behaviours of young men after release from prison. One hundred and six men were interviewed in prison and at one week and six months after release. Overall, 37% reported a previous sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagno...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： MacGowan RJ,Margolis A,Gaiter J,Morrow K,Zack B,Askew J,McAuliffe T,Sosman JM,Eldridge GD,Project START Study Group.

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：: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：:This unique report describes a fatal case of immune reconstitution syndrome associated with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). This case also illustrates the possibility of cryptic visceral KS with minimal cutaneous disease, as well as the potential for differential responses of cutaneous and visceral KS to treatment. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Crane HM,Deubner H,Huang JC,Swanson PE,Harrington RD

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognising the initial clinical presentation of acute HIV infection could enable earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy and appropriate counselling to reduce the risk of transmission to others. Herein, we describe an unusual case of acute HIV infection presenting as limbic encephalitis and rhabdomyolysis. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ferrada MA,Xie Y,Nuermberger E

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Increasing numbers of HIV-infected children are now reaching adulthood and young people account for 10% of new HIV diagnosis in the UK each year. This audit of young people attending specialist and generic HIV services in Inner London in 2006 (n=39) highlights the complex medical and psychosocial needs of this patient...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ferrand RA,Miller RF,Jungmann EA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pubic hair grooming is common in many countries, but little is known about this practice in Africa. Grooming has been positively associated with self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and safety of pubic hair grooming in two South African settings. In KwaZu...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Beksinska M,Lulie B,Beesham I,Smit J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to define the risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection among pregnant women at a large urban medical centre. In a retrospective study, clinical records at a US maternity unit from July 2005 through February 2008 were reviewed. The study population included all pregnant women with a singleton ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Silveira MF,Erbelding EJ,Ghanem KG,Johnson HL,Burke AE,Zenilman JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Summary HIV transmission risk is increased during antiretroviral therapy (ART) use if individuals are not virologically suppressed and engage in high risk transmission behaviour. Baseline data of HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) with recent history of risky behaviour on ART for ≥3 months (n = 139) were eva...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Blumenthal J,Haubrich R,Jain S,Sun X,Dube M,Daar E,Milam J,Morris S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV seroconversions and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are often clustered in social networks within community populations. The present study was carried out among men who have sex with men in Russia, where a major HIV epidemic is unfolding, and where social networks have played a historically important role. In...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Amirkhanian YA,Kelly JA,Kirsanova AV,DiFranceisco W,Khoursine RA,Semenov AV,Rozmanova VN

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:We describe the first reported case of Candida pelliculosa meningitis in HIV infection. This case highlights the risk of uncommon opportunistic infections in association with the immunocompromised and the importance of autopsy as a diagnostic tool in HIV infection. We discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis and management...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ratcliffe L,Davies J,Anson J,Hales S,Beeching NJ,Beadsworth MB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral treatment roll-out programmes in Africa often have difficulties to cope with the increasing number of clients. Based on the findings of a survey carried out in 2005 that showed long waiting times, innovative organizational changes (nurse visits and pharmacy-only refill visits) were introduced in our cli...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Castelnuovo B,Babigumira J,Lamorde M,Muwanga A,Kambugu A,Colebunders R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine in a rural population the age- and sex-specific prevalence and incidence rates of serological reactivity of 5 common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their association with HIV-1 antibody status. Of the adult population of two villages (529 adults aged 15 years or more) 29...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Wagner HU,Van Dyck E,Roggen E,Nunn AJ,Kamali A,Schmid DS,Dobbins JG,Mulder DW

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) interact uniquely with HIV infection, regardless of the form of sexual transmission of HIV. Both STDs and HIV infection are behaviorally and biologically intertwined with one another. This concept is called epidemiologic synergy since they facilitate the sexual transmission of on...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Quinn TC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health authorities have long believed that the preponderance of AIDS cases in Africa are attributable to 'heterosexual transmission'; most people silently assume this rubric to indicate penile-vaginal intercourse only. Recent epidemiologic analyses suggest that the majority of HIV cases in sub-Saharan Africa ma...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Brody S,Potterat JJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dried blood spots (DBS) are widely used to test for HIV in a variety of research and service delivery settings; however, uniform guidelines regarding collection, storage and DNA extraction processes have neither been developed nor evaluated. Previously published reports suggested DBS may be stored at room temperature ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Montgomery ET,van der Pol B,van der Straten A,Ramjee G,de Bruyn G,Chipato T,Blanchard K,Padian NS,MIRA Team.

更新日期：2012-09-01 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

abstract：:The expense in time and money limit the use of randomized clinical trials (RCT) and cohort studies for evaluating long-term AIDS treatment outcomes. We conducted a case-control study to characterize predictors of AIDS mortality after the availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in San Francisco, in...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Chen SY,Moss WJ,Pipkin SS,McFarland W

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of this study was to investigate how loneliness was associated with social support and family function among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in an HIV-stricken area of China. Two hundred and nineteen PLWHA were surveyed using the UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles)-Loneliness Scale, the...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sun YH,Sun L,Wu HY,Zhang ZK,Wang B,Yu C,Cao HY

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：: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 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：:The objectives of the study were, 1. To ascertain if sexual health physicians and practitioners believe a question concerning a past history of non-consensual sex should be asked routinely and are asking it. 2. To identify whether sexual health services have established protocols to integrate this question into practi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hurst C,MacDonald J,Say J,Read J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global data on cervical lesion incidence and progression in HIV-positive women are essential for understanding the natural history of cervical neoplasia and informing screening policy. A systematic review was performed summarizing the incidence and progression of cervical lesions in HIV-positive women. Of 5882 HIV-pos...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Denslow SA,Rositch AF,Firnhaber C,Ting J,Smith JS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred and twenty consecutive women newly attending a genitourinary medicine clinic who participated in a study of sexual behaviour were also tested for type-specific antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2; 135 (26%) were seropositive, of whom only 29 (21.5%) had had clinical evidence of genital herpes. Seropos...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Evans BA,Kell PD,Bond RA,MacRae KD,Slomka MJ,Brown DW

更新日期：2003-01-01 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