Treatment of syphilis with azithromycin.

abstract：:The effects of seminal high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA were assessed on the quality of semen. Semen samples of 65 men participating in the ongoing Finnish HPV Family Study were collected. Semen analyses were done by the guidelines of the Nordic Association for Andrology. HPV DNA was detected by nested polymer...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rintala MA,Grénman SE,Pöllänen PP,Suominen JJ,Syrjänen SM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study looks at the sensitivity of microscopy in the diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), the effect of microscopy on time to treatment of NG and the added value of microscopy in the management of gonorrhoea. Women diagnosed with NG at an inner city genitourinary (GU) medicine clinic between August 2005 and Ju...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Forbes KM,Vaze U,Wheeler HL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An HIV-positive African woman developed severe constitutional symptoms associated with rebound viraemia during a planned antiretroviral treatment interruption, requiring reinitiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Freedman E,Dhaliwal K,Estcourt C,Baily G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report of infection with HTLV-I associated with severe condylomatosis. Assessment of atypical or extensive genital warts should include testing for this retroviral infection. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Radja N,Lau R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paradoxical reactions, including immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), are common in patients co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). Paradoxical reactions may confer substantial morbidity and mortality, especially in cases of central nervous system (CNS) TB, or through...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Keeley AJ,Parkash V,Tunbridge A,Greig J,Collini P,McKane W,Tattersall RS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from eligible participants, we evaluated procedures of a multi-step enrollment process for an mHealth, pilot randomized controlled trial aimed to promote regular HIV testing among at-risk, diverse sexual minority men. Completion rates of eligible participants were calculated and characterized for these enro...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mitchell JW,Lammert S,Danh T,Horvath KJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:Australian and New South Wales Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategies recommend sexual health clinics actively target particular populations, including men who have sex with men (MSM), who have increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We describe trends in MSM attendances, STI testing and diag...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ryder N,Bourne C,Donovan B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:We have conducted a longitudinal study on factors associated with candidal vaginal colonization, a precursor of vaginitis, in a cohort of HIV-infected women in Italy. All consecutive women attending a single, tertiary care clinical site were offered free screening for sexually transmitted infections and genital disord...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Beltrame A,Matteelli A,Carvalho AC,Saleri N,Casalini C,Capone S,Patroni A,Manfrin M,Carosi G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A vaginal tampon specimen was previously shown to be suitable for the molecular diagnosis of non-ulcerative sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Different tampon fluid preparations were evaluated for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV). Women with pregnancy related problems were enrolled. Two observers evalua...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sturm PD,Moodley P,Nzimande G,Balkistan R,Connolly C,Sturm AW

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:We describe a recent outbreak of syphilis in young heterosexuals in the north west of England. A cluster of 12 cases of syphilis (7 primary and 5 early latent) was identified in Rochdale in heterosexuals aged 20 or under. Nine were women. Five were asymptomatic at presentation. This outbreak occurred in a group not us...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Welfare W,Lacey H,Lighton L,Simms I

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:The objective was to comprehensively assess the prevalence of condom-use errors and problems among male clients attending a public sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic. Men (n = 278) attending an STD clinic completed an anonymous questionnaire. Seven errors and six problems were assessed. Summative scores were te...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Crosby R,Yarber WL,Sanders SA,Graham CA,Arno JN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among HIV-infected versus HIV-uninfected adolescents. This secondary analysis of a national, multisite study included adolescents aged 12-18 years who were behaviourally HIV-infected (n = 346) or HIV-uninfected but at-risk (n = 182...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mullins TL,Rudy BJ,Wilson CM,Sucharew H,Kahn JA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Russian HIV epidemic is primarily fuelled by injection drug use, but heterosexual spread may be playing an increasing role in transmission. Government-funded AIDS clinics provide most HIV treatment in Russia, and represent an important contact point between the medical community and infected population. Little is ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Davidson AS,Zaller N,Dukhovlinova E,Toussova O,Feller E,Heimer R,Kozlov A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanzania has high human immunodeficiency virus and human herpes virus-8 rates linked to Kaposi's sarcoma. We conducted a study at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to examine changes in proportions of Kaposi's sarcoma to all cancers over the period (2006-2011) of increased acquired immune defi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Koski L,Ngoma T,Mwaiselage J,Le L,Soliman AS

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：: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：:The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI), sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics in a population of male sex workers (MSW) in Antwerp, Belgium. Between September 1999 and March 2004, 129 MSW were reached by Gh@pro, an outreach programme providing pre...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Leuridan E,Wouters K,Stalpaert M,Van Damme P

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates that were resistant to ciprofloxacin and/or penicillin were analysed to investigate the escalating problem of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea in the north east of England. Opa-typing (outer membrane opacity protein) was carried out on isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin and of nutrient n...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Elawad BB,Narayanan M,Pattman RS,Sankar KN,Freeman R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma encephalitis (TE) is usually diagnosed in advanced stages of HIV infection when the CD4+ count is <100-200 cells/µl. A 55-year-old woman with HIV/AIDS, well controlled on antiretroviral therapy (ART), CD4+ count in the 300 cells/μl range for >1 year presented with acute onset of headache, nausea and vomitin...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Atreya AR,Arora S,Gadiraju VT,Martagon-Villamil J,Skiest DJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:Kiosk-facilitated HIV self-testing has been shown to be accurate and well accepted by emergency department (ED) patients. We investigated factors associated with patients who preferred self-testing over testing performed by health professionals in an ED-based HIV screening program. This opt-in program evaluation studi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hsieh YH,Beck KJ,Rothman RE,Gauvey-Kern M,Woodfield A,Peterson S,Signer D,Gaydos CA

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Women attending a dedicated medical gynaecology and family planning referral clinic for women with HIV were surveyed using a standard questionnaire about their knowledge and attitudes to post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual exposure (PEPSE) and emergency hormonal contraception (EHC). Eighty percent of them had not h...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Samuel M,Taylor C,Brady M,McDonald C,Poulton M,Tenant-Flowers M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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