Joint effects of alcohol and stimulant use disorders on self-reported sexually transmitted infections in a prospective study of Cambodian female entertainment and sex workers.

abstract：:Syphilis rates have been increasing in men who have sex with men (MSM) in London. To describe risk behaviour and refine public health interventions, we conducted prospective enhanced surveillance of new syphilis cases in MSM attending selected London sexual health clinics (SHCs) between October 2016 and January 2017. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rana S,Macdonald N,French P,Jarman J,Patel S,Portman M,Suchak T,Sullivan A,White J,Crook P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the validity of self-reported sex and condom use by comparing self-reports with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) detection in a prospective study of 210 female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya. Participants were interviewed on recent sexual behaviours at baseline and 12-month follow-up visits. At both visits, ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gallo MF,Behets FM,Steiner MJ,Thomsen SC,Ombidi W,Luchters S,Toroitich-Ruto C,Hobbs MM

更新日期：2007-01-01 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 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：: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 Jamaica, where homosexuality is criminalized, scant research has examined associations between sexual stigma and HIV infection. The study objective was to examine correlates of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Jamaica. We conducted a cross-sectional tablet-based survey with MSM in Jamaica usin...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Logie CH,Kenny KS,Lacombe-Duncan A,Levermore K,Jones N,Neil A,Ellis T,Marshall A,Newman PA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of anogenital warts (condyloma acuminatum) is rapidly increasing while there is still no totally satisfactory treatment available. In light of the emphasis of experimental approaches toward the prevention of viral replication and evidence of the antiviral action of lithium salts it was proposed to invest...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ward KA,Armstrong KD,Maw RD,Winther MD,Gilburt SJ,Dinsmore WW

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of chronic prostatitis is poorly understood. A cross-sectional study of a population of male undergraduates in Nigeria, using a questionnaire containing the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) and some other relevant sex-related questions, was conducted. A total of ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ejike CE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify any differences in follow-up rates or sexual contact attendance rates in men presenting with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) after treatment by single dose azithromycin rather than longer standard duration therapies and to identify patients' treatment preferences. METHODS:A prospective study was perfo...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Carlin EM,Barton SE

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of acute limbic encephalitis secondary to HIV seroconversion. The patient made a gradual neurological recovery following treatment with antiretroviral therapy, steroids and intravenous immunoglobulin. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Scriven J,Davies S,Banerjee AK,Jenkins N,Watson J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management and outcome of all cases of gonorrhoea which presented to a south London genitourinary medicine clinic during 1999 were assessed and compared with published national guidelines. The incidence of penicillin resistance was calculated, as was the rate of co-infection with chlamydia and trichomonas. Informa...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Newell A,Herbert E,Vigus J,Grieg A,Rodgers ME

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:The objective of this study was to determine the drug resistance prevalence and its pattern among tuberculosis (TB)-HIV patients in Iran. In this retrospective study, all admitted TB/HIV patients presenting to our tertiary centre during 2005-2007 were considered. After confirmation for TB-HIV, first-line DST was perfo...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Tabarsi P,Chitsaz E,Moradi A,Baghaei P,Farnia P,Marjani M,Irannejad P,Mansouri D,Masjedi M

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：SUMMARY:The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with (i) longer patient travel time to genitourinary (GU) medicine clinics and (ii) not attending the nearest clinic. Questionnaires were completed by 4600 new attendees from seven sociodemographically and geographically different GU clinics across ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Olonilua O,Ross JD,Mercer C,Keane F,Brook G,Cassell JA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to assess the usefulness of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 antigenaemia test, also called the CMV direct antigen test (DAT), in the management of patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; we studied all patients who had pp65 assays between 8 September 1995 and 30 August 1996. Twenty-t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Fox EF,Smith NA,Rice P,Dunn H,Peters BS

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients were recruited for hypnotherapy from a clinic for patients with frequently recurrent genital herpes simplex virus (rgHSV). Psychological and immunological parameters were measured 6 weeks prior to hypnotherapy and 6 weeks afterwards, during which time each patient kept a diary of symptoms of rgHSV. Following ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Fox PA,Henderson DC,Barton SE,Champion AJ,Rollin MS,Catalan J,McCormack SM,Gruzelier J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transition of clinical trial data to changes in routine clinical practice is often a slow process. We describe a rapid transition of patients from one form of antiviral therapy to a modified and potentially safer version that can occur quickly when there are no financial or organisational restrictions on the presc...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Smith DE,Tom M,Bowden BH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) infections continue to be among the most common and unrecognized sexually transmitted infections in the world. Although treatable, HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections remain incurable. Hence, there is interest in the development of a vaccine to prevent genital herpes. As part of a...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gorfinkel IS,Aoki F,McNeil S,Dionne M,Shafran SD,Zickler P,Halperin S,Langley J,Bellamy A,Schulte J,Heineman T,Belshe R

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:A 21-year-old man presented to genitourinary (GU) medicine physicians with (initially) painful penile and scrotal swelling. A diagnosis of ano-genital granulomatosis was confirmed on histological analysis of penile skin. Enquiring about systemic symptoms resulted in the additional diagnosis of gastrointestinal Crohn's...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gordon KD,Brice G,Walker Y,Pollok R,Mortimer P,Slater C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Russian Federation has had a well developed state system for the surveillance and control of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) since World War II. The system is centered around clinical dermatovenereology (DV) services controlled by the Ministry of Health, and in the regions by the Divisions of Health Care. D...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Borisenko K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to develop an evaluation method of antiretroviral treatment adherence from a hospital pharmacy and to identify one or more factors that influenced this adherence, such as patient or treatment characteristics. The HIV patients included in this study were based, for the major part, in Saint-An...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rubio M,Pédeboscq S,Ekouevi D,Zalabadi K,Chêne G,Bonarek M,Pometan JP

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Studies of HIV/sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in China have paid little attention to community characteristics that may be conducive to HIV/STD risky behaviours and to the spread of the epidemics. Using data from a community survey and employing both correlation and multiple regression analysis, this paper exami...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Yang X

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) recorded in the Weekly Returns Service (WRS) between 1994 and 2001. There were approximately 76,500 new diagnoses of STIs (7500 males, 71,000 females) and associated syndromes. Candidiasis was the commonest condition reported in males and fem...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Simms I,Fleming DM,Lowndes CM,Smith GE,Chapman RS

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：: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：: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：:Advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer now give a five-year survival rate of 97.2%. Delayed presentation remains the primary cause of poor outcome and recommendations have stressed that men, particularly those with risk factors, should undertake regular testicular self-examination. This study...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kennett A,Shaw JW,Woolley PD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00