The contemporary defaulter in a V.D. clinic: further observations.

The pre-contemporary syphilitic defaulter.

Defaulter rate of follow-up of patients with gonorrhoea at the Genitourinary Medicine Clinic

Backround Gonorrhoea is the third most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the Genitourinary Medicine Clinic. Despite high cure rates achieved with the use of intramuscular ceftriaxone, all patients with gonorrhoea are followed up with one test of cure (gonococcal culture) after treatment. This is essential to ensure success of cure hence preventing complications, to screen for and t...

Incidence of venereal diseases in the Netherlands.

VENEREAL diseases are not notifiable in the Netherlands, but the following data have been obtained from the annual reports of the V.D. clinics, from retrospective enquiries into the incidence of primary and secondary syphilis in general practice for the years 1959, 1963, and 1967, and from a prospective enquiry in dermatological practice for 1967 only. Until 1959-60 there were many V.D. clinics...

Implementation and outcomes of an active defaulter tracing system for HIV, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and TB patients in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya.

Retention of patients in long term care and adherence to treatment regimens are a constant challenge for HIV, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and TB programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. This study describes the implementation and outcomes of an active defaulter tracing system used to reduce loss to follow-up (LTFU) among HIV, PMTCT, TB, and HIV/TB co-infected patients re...

A Note on the Specificity of Cardiolipin and Standard Antigens in Testing Sera

Comparative serum testing by the Wassermann reaction using cardiolipin and standard antigens was reported by Price and Wilkinson (1950). Test results on 5,124 sera were reviewed and it was concluded that cardiolipin antigen was appreciably more sensitive than the standard antigen (Harrison and Wyler technique), as it detected a higher proportion of cases of early primary syphilis and also remai...