Sexually, transmitted disease in clinic patients in Salisbury, Zimbabwe.

Human papillomavirus genotypes in 108 patients with anogenital warts in a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Tehran

Background and Objective: Genital warts, the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD), are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Few studies have been performed on Iranian women with genital warts or cervix cancer but there isno documented data about genital warts and HPV genotyping in Iranian men. In this study, we determined HPV genotypesin 108 male and females with anogenital warts in ...

Sexually transmitted diseases in clinic patients in Lagos.

In a study of patients attending an STD referral clinic in Lagos, Nigeria, the age distribution was similar to that seen on other parts of the world and the male-to-female ratio was 1.3:1. Non-specific genital infection was diagnosed in about 59% of patients and gonorrhoea in 19%. Most strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were sensitive to penicillin (1 unit) and the six relatively penicillin-resis...

Recognition of hypochondriasis in a clinic for sexually transmitted disease.

A descriptive study of 100 consecutive patients referred for psychiatric assessment from a clinic for sexually transmitted disease (STD) is reported. Thirty six patients presented with physical symptoms for which no organic cause could be found. Various physical and psychological features of the overall presentation of this "somatic" group were identified. These are discussed in terms of diagno...

Sexually transmitted disease in antenatal patients.

Human immunodeficiency viruses in patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in London, 1982-7.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in all patients attending a London sexually transmitted disease clinic over four weeks at the end of 1987 and to see how it varied from that in similar samples studied between 1982 and 1986. DESIGN Anonymous testing of serum samples from consecutive heterosexual and homosexual patients having routin...