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Trends in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Antimicrobial Resistance over a Ten-Year Surveillance Period, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2008–2017

Antibiotics, 2018
Background: In South Africa, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are managed through a syndromic approach at primary healthcare centres (PHCs). Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the predominant cause of male urethritis syndrome.
Ranmini Kularatne, Venessa Maseko, Lindy Gumede, Tendesayi Kufa   +3 more
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Assessing user preferences for sexually transmitted infection testing services: a discrete choice experiment. [PDF]

, 2012
ObjectiveTo assess user preferences for different aspects of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing services.DesignA discrete choice experiment.Setting14 centres offering tests for STIs in East Sussex, England.ParticipantsPeople testing for STIs ...
Helen Smith (19020), Lagarde, Mylene, Cairns, John, John Cairns (352167), Miners, Alec, Smith, Helen, Richardson, Daniel, Llewellyn, Carrie, Pollard, Alex, Fisher, Martin, Alec Miners (146534), Mylene Lagarde (292691), Daniel Richardson (718112), Martin Fisher (300134), Carrie Llewellyn (4461832), Alex Pollard (6729461)   +15 more
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Global survey of mRNA levels and decay rates of Chlamydia trachomatis trachoma and lymphogranuloma venereum biovars

Heliyon, 2017
Interpreting the intricate bacterial transcriptomics implies understanding the dynamic relationship established between de novo transcription and the degradation of transcripts. Here, we performed a comparative overview of gene expression levels and mRNA
Rita Ferreira, Vítor Borges, Maria José Borrego, João Paulo Gomes   +3 more
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Phenotypic and Genotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Chlamydia trachomatis Isolates from Patients with Persistent or Clinical Treatment Failure in Spain

Antibiotics, 2023
The aim of this multicentre project (seven hospitals across the Spanish National Health Service) was to study the phenotypic and genotypic susceptibility of C.
Laura Villa, José Antonio Boga, Luis Otero, Fernando Vazquez, Ana Milagro, Paula Salmerón, Martí Vall-Mayans, María Dolores Maciá, Samuel Bernal, Luis Piñeiro   +9 more
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Sexually transmitted infection in the elderly [PDF]

Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1998
“Age brings changes at 70 just as at 17. But you never outgrow your need for intimate love and affection.”1 There is little medical literature concerning sexually transmitted infection in the elderly. The paucity of published information may reflect the low clinical workload this population generates within genitourinary medicine (GUM) services, but ...
R D, Cranston, R N, Thin
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Reproductive health for refugees by refugees in Guinea II: sexually transmitted infections. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Providing reproductive and sexual health services is an important and challenging aspect of caring for displaced populations, and preventive and curative sexual health services may play a role in reducing HIV transmission in complex ...
Akaco Ekirapa, Souare, Yaya, Chen Mark I, Natasha Howard, Ekirapa, Akaco, Ekirapa Akaco, Mark I Chen, von Roenne Franz, von Roenne, Franz, von Roenne Anna, Chen, Mark I, von Roenne, Anna, Howard, Natasha, Howard Natasha, Franz von Roenne, Borchert Matthias, Anna von Roenne, Souare Yaya, Matthias Borchert, Yaya Souare, Borchert, Matthias   +20 more
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Sexually Transmitted Infections

Urologic Clinics of North America, 2015
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a significant burden on public health in the United States. Primary prevention counseling with early diagnosis and treatment remain the best methods to decrease the incidence of STIs. Through significant public heath interventions, the incidence of gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and trichomoniasis is decreasing ...
Lindsay, Smith, Michael P, Angarone
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Detection and molecular characterization of urinary tract HIV-1 populations

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2019
Background Identification of all possible HIV reservoirs is an important aspect in HIV eradication efforts. The urinary tract has however not been well studied as a potential HIV reservoir.
M. L. Mzingwane, G. Hunt, R. Lassauniere, M. Kalimashe, A. Bongwe, J. Ledwaba, R. E. Chaisson, N. Martinson, K. Richter, S. M. Bowyer, C. T. Tiemessen   +10 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
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Sexually Transmitted Infections [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2005
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) other than HIV have reappeared as an important public health problem in developed countries (1). In the late 1970s and early 1980s, research and treatment of the ′classic′ STIs ‐ gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia ‐ were a major focus of infectious diseases practice and research.
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