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Venous Leg Ulcers: Advanced Therapies and New Technologies

Biomedicines, 2021
The prevalence of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) differs between 1.5% and 3% in the general population. The challenge in treating VLUs is common recurrence. Moreover, VLUs can be resistant to healing, despite appropriate treatment.
Hubert Aleksandrowicz, Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek, Waldemar Placek   +2 more
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Health Information and Monitoring of Sexually Transmitted Infections (SIM study): a single-center, parallel, three-arm randomized controlled trial protocol for enhancing adherence to syphilis treatment and follow-up

Trials, 2022
Background Syphilis has recently resurfaced as a significant public health problem. Since the 2000s, isolated syphilis outbreaks have increasingly occurred in North America, Europe, and Australia; in Brazil, there have been progressive increases in both ...
Eliana M. Wendland, Vanessa M. de Oliveira, Luana Giongo Pedrotti, Flavia M. A. Souza, Gerson F. M. Pereira, Antonio Gerbase   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A real-life study of the positive response to DAA-based therapies for hepatitis C in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
A retrospective cohort of 11,308 chronic hepatitis C infected patients treated with regimens that included Sofosbuvir (SOF), Daclatasvir (DCV), Simeprevir (SMV), or an association of Ombitasvir, Veruprevir/Ritonavir and Dasabuvir (3D) with or without ...
Simone Monzani Vivaldini, Rachel Abraão Ribeiro, Gláucio Mosimann Júnior, Karen Cristine Tonini, Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo   +5 more
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Quality and equity of private sector care for sexually transmitted diseases in South Africa.

, 2002
The private sector plays a major role in the delivery of health care in South Africa. Over the past two decades, the quality and equity of such provision has been questioned internationally.
Brugha, Ruairí, Schneider, Helen, Chabikuli, Nzapfurundi, Zwi, Anthony B, Blaauw, Duane   +4 more
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Comparison of an in-house real-time duplex PCR assay with commercial HOLOGIC® APTIMA assays for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in urine and extra-genital specimens

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Extra-genital Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections are mostly asymptomatic, and important reservoir sites of infection as they often go undetected and may be more difficult to eradicate with recommended therapeutic ...
Johanna M. E. Venter, Precious M. Mahlangu, Etienne E. Müller, David A. Lewis, Kevin Rebe, Helen Struthers, James McIntyre, Ranmini S. Kularatne   +7 more
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Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis among people living with HIV in Bangui: A cohort study

Public Health in Practice, 2022
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence and risk factors of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Methods: A cohort study was carried out in an HIV infection management centre in Bangui. PLHIV aged 18 or
Jean De Dieu Longo, Sylvain Honoré Woromogo, Henri Saint-Calvaire Diemer, Gaspard Tékpa, Laurent Belec, Gérard Grésenguet   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Curable sexually transmitted infections among the clientele of a family planning clinic in Istanbul, Turkey

, 2001
Background: Integrating screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections into existing family planning programs can be a good way to fight this problem. Also, the number of studies on the prevalence of certain sexually transmitted infections in
Ortayli, N, Amca, B, Aydin, D, Sahip, Y, Sahip, N, Say, L   +5 more
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Changes in risk behaviours and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections following HIV preventive interventions among female sex workers in five districts in Karnataka state, south India. [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of a large-scale HIV prevention programme for female sex workers (FSW) in Karnataka state, south India, on the prevalence of HIV/sexually transmitted infections (STI), condom use and programme coverage. METHODS: Baseline
Ramesh, B M, Jagannathan, Latta, Shajy, Isac, Beattie, Tara S H, Blanchard, James F, Beattie, Tara SH, Moses, Stephen, Washington, Reynold, Reza-Paul, Sushena, Ramesh, BM   +9 more
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Comparative Analysis of Primary and Monovalent Booster SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Coverage in Adults with and without HIV in Catalonia, Spain

Vaccines, 2023
People with HIV (PWH) may be more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and worse clinical outcomes. We investigated the disparity in SARS-CoV-2 vaccination coverage between PWH and those without HIV (PWoH) in Catalonia, Spain, assessing primary and ...
Daniel Kwakye Nomah, Juliana Reyes-Urueña, Lucía Alonso, Yesika Díaz, Sergio Moreno-Fornés, Jordi Aceiton, Andreu Bruguera, Raquel Martín-Iguacel, Arkaitz Imaz, Maria del Mar Gutierrez, Ramón W. Román, Paula Suanzes, Juan Ambrosioni, Jordi Casabona, Jose M. Miro, Josep M. Llibre, the PISCIS Study Group   +16 more
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Sexually transmitted diseases and infertility [PDF]

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2017
Female infertility, including tubal factor infertility, is a major public health concern worldwide. Most cases of tubal factor infertility are attributable to untreated sexually transmitted diseases that ascend along the reproductive tract and are capable of causing tubal inflammation, damage, and scarring.
Danielle G. Tsevat, Harold C. Wiesenfeld, Caitlin Parks, Jeffrey F. Peipert   +3 more
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