Incidence of disseminated gonococcal infection correlated with the presence of AHU auxotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a community.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to develop and apply a serologic method for identification of different strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Several procedures for preparation of cell-free extracts were tried; the most satisfactory was that with phosphate-buffered saline solution. Both capillary tube and immunodiffusion ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Quinn RW,Lowry PN,Hellerqvist CG

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In light of the racial-ethnic and poverty composition of the United States population and the distribution of syphilis morbidity across population subgroups, it is important to determine how race-ethnicity and poverty jointly and independently affect transmission dynamics of syphilis and other sexually transmitted dis...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Aral SO

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There have been few recent population-based herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) seroprevalence studies in England, but reports from the United States have indicated a 30% rise in HSV-2 seroprevalence between 1976 and 1994. This study aimed to ascertain trends in HSV-2 infection in England between 1991 and 20...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Morris-Cunnington M,Brown D,Pimenta J,Robinson NJ,Miller E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging states to consider patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) as a treatment option for Chlamydia and gonorrhea. We sought to assess current sexually transmitted disease (STD) control practices in New York State county health departments, and gather...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Davis CF,Cummings M,Coles BF,McNutt LA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of electrophoretic (SDS-PAGE) migration of the major outer membrane protein I of 35 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae causing disseminated gonococcal infections (DGI) were compared, and the proportion of colonies expressing the transparent phenotype on a solid medium was determined. Thirty-one of these DGI...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Martin D,Turgeon PL,Mathieu LG

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis screening was performed in a cohort of 100 men who have sex with men. A nucleic acid amplification test on a pooled sample of first-pass urine, pharyngeal, and anorectal specimens was compared with results on nonpooled samples. Despite an excellent agreement (Cohen κ, 0....

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Thielemans E,Wyndham-Thomas C,Henrard S,De Vleeschouwer A,Steensels D,Montesinos I,Debaisieux L,Delforge ML,Van Vooren JP,Goffard JC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At-risk sexual behaviors appear to have increased recently in France, possibly because of the reassuring efficacy of highly active antiretroviral treatments. The objective of this study was to assess the pattern of change. GOAL:The goal was to analyze trends in the incidence of male urethritis, a marker of ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Massari V,Retel O,Flahault A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old woman developed a febrile illness characterized by supraclavicular and inguinal lymphadopathy. The diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum was made by a fourfold rise in complement fixing antibody titer. Treatment with tetracycline was successful. Lymphogranuloma venereum can yield protean manifestations, ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Walzer PD,Armstrong D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of the treatment of patients exposed to gonorrhea uses decision analysis techniques to estimate and compare the probabilities of disease and treatment risks for epidemiologic treatment, for treatment contingent on results of gram stains and culture, and for treatment contingent on culture results alone. E...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Johnson RE

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal symptoms in women and has potential complications. Efforts to improve treatment of this disease process are warranted. GOAL OF THIS STUDY:The goal of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of once-daily intravaginal administra...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Livengood CH 3rd,Soper DE,Sheehan KL,Fenner DE,Martens MG,Nelson AL,Ismail M,Thorp JM,Lappin M,Long BJ,Blackwelder T,Sweet RL,Sagov S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a cause of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, yet little is known about the epidemiology and natural history of infection. METHODS:At a baseline and 3-month follow-up visit, 1000 young adults aged 18 to 30 years provided an oral rinse sample and completed a s...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Pickard RK,Xiao W,Broutian TR,He X,Gillison ML

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined serologic markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and immunity among young Asian/Pacific Islander men who have sex with men (API MSM) in San Francisco. METHODS:Participants were 496 API MSM, aged 18 to 29 years, recruited to participate in a cross-sectional survey using a random, ve...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Choi KH,McFarland W,Neilands TB,Nguyen S,Secura G,Behel S,Mackellar D,Valleroy L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance characteristics of the Cobas 4800 CT/NG assay were estimated for vaginal swab samples from more than 4000 women. Vaginal samples identified 92.9% and 98.5% of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections, respectively, which was more than any other single specimen type (endocervical swabs or urine) regardless of col...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Van Der Pol B,Taylor SN,Liesenfeld O,Williams JA,Hook EW 3rd

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1988 and 1991, 64 homosexual men and 43 bisexual men were screened for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Southern Taiwan; 5 of them were found to carry HIV antibodies. According to a self-administered questionnaire completed before screening, the average age of the men in the study group was 27 years, and ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Ko YC,Chang SJ

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Rhode Island, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has led to over 95% of the state's population being insured. We evaluated insurance coverage and barriers to insurance use among patients presenting for services at the Rhode Island sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic. METHODS:We analyzed...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Montgomery MC,Raifman J,Nunn AS,Bertrand T,Uvin AZ,Marak T,Comella J,Almonte A,Chan PA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To study the incidence, persistence, and determinants of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in a population of Inuit women from Nunavik, Quebec, by overall HPV infection, Alphapapillomavirus (α) species, and oncogenic risk grouping. METHODS:We recruited a cohort of Inuit women living in communities in Nun...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Bennett R,Cerigo H,Coutlée F,Roger M,Franco EL,Brassard P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of the stimulant methamphetamine (METH) is increasingly common, with >35 million users worldwide. There is a known association between stimulant use and an increased incidence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). METH is known to have immune modulatory properties. However, the impact ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Valencia F,Bubar MJ,Milligan G,Cunningham KA,Bourne N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The rapid increase in the number of physician office visits for condylomata acuminata and the association of human papillomavirus and cancer has prompted renewed interest in the epidemiology of this sexually-transmitted disease. Few epidemiologic studies have examined what risk factors are ass...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Van Den Eeden SK,Habel LA,Sherman KJ,McKnight B,Stergachis A,Daling JR

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gonozyme test (Abbott Laboratories; North Chicago, IL), a solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (EIA), was evaluated for direct detection of antigens from Neisseria gonorrhoeae in clinical specimens. Results of the EIA were compared with those of culture and gram stain. Separate swab specimens for each procedure were col...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Nasello MA,Callihan DR,Menegus MA,Steigbigel RT

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma hominis is isolated from the cervix of 10-20% of healthy, fertile women. In contrast, the organism is recovered from the lower genital tract of 50-70% of women with pelvic inflammatory disease. Moreover, a significant antibody response to M. hominis is found in one-fourth of all patients with clinical and/o...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Møller BR

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the health needs non-nationals, information on disease occurrence is fundamental. GOALS The goal of this study was to assess the clinical and behavioral characteristics of non-Italians with a new sexually transmitted infection (STI). METHODS:Data were taken from Italy's National STI Surveillanc...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Giuliani M,Suligoi B,Italian STI Surveillance Working Group.

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexual concurrency is associated with higher prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV. However, most studies have focused only on the concurrency of the individual participant (individual concurrency) and not on concurrency of their sexual partners (partner concurrency). Furthermore, ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Zhan W,Krasnoselskikh TV,Niccolai LM,Golovanov S,Kozlov AP,Abdala N

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 2003, outbreaks of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) with anorectal syndrome have been increasingly recognized in many Western countries. All of them have been classified as LGV serovar L2b, mainly occurring in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men who have had sex with men (MSM). We describe a ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Cabello Úbeda A,Fernández Roblas R,García Delgado R,Martínez García L,Sterlin F,Fernández Guerrero ML,Górgolas M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis (nvCT) was discovered in Sweden in 2006, and it could not be detected by diagnostic systems from Abbott and Roche, whereas the third system used, from Becton Dickinson (BD), detects nvCT. We analyzed 3648 samples from 2 counties that used Roche and 2 counties that used BD methods...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Herrmann B,Eden D,Hadad R,Christerson L,Loré B,Osterlund A,Larsson I,Sylvan S,Fredlund H,Unemo M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether women who collect self-collected vaginal swabs at home demonstrated a higher positivity of Chlamydia trachomatis than women in family planning clinics. METHODS:Collection kits for vaginal swabs were internet requested, collected at home, and mailed to a laboratory for testing; questionn...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Gaydos CA,Barnes M,Aumakhan B,Quinn N,Wright C,Agreda P,Whittle P,Hogan T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexually transmitted infections spread through a network of contacts created by the formation of sexual partnerships. In physics, networks have been characterized as "scale-free" if they follow a power law with an exponent between 2 and 3. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to test statistically whet...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Schneeberger A,Mercer CH,Gregson SA,Ferguson NM,Nyamukapa CA,Anderson RM,Johnson AM,Garnett GP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of topical microbicides represents a new and exciting field in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, and it is especially important that candidate products undergo rigorous preclinical safety and efficacy testing before advancing to clinical trials. METHODS:We have developed a sta...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Patton DL,Cosgrove Sweeney YT,Paul KJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstetric and gynecologic complications associated with bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis have heightened awareness of these conditions, and thus metronidazole's role in obstetric and gynecologic practice continues to increase. GOAL OF THIS STUDY:To review the clinical indications for metronidazole in ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Schwebke JR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected results from a recent study on sexual behavior in the United States are presented, focusing on the association between sexual behavior, disease prevention, and STD outcome. The data are from national household samples of adult men and women. The results show that a sizeable proportion of the U.S. adult popula...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Tanfer K

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to recommended laboratory testing practices is crucial for sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and control. The objective of this paper is to compare Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) testing practices of US clinical laboratories in 2013 prior to the updated 2014...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Davis A,Gaynor A

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00