PURPOSE To determine if urinary symptoms or urinary tract infections (UTI) were associated with sexually transmitted infections (STI) and which history, clinical, and laboratory findings could distinguish these infections in symptomatic women. METHODS A cross-sectional sample of 296 sexually active females aged 14-22 years attending a hospital-based teen health center or emergency department ...

OBJECTIVES To analyse changes in testing for sexually transmissible infections (STI) among gay and bisexual men in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland, Australia, particularly comprehensive STI testing (at least four tests from different anatomical sites in the previous year), and the characteristics of men who had such testing. METHOD Data were analysed from repeated, cross-sectional, community...

BACKGROUND Data on sexually transmitted infections (STI) prevalence among HIV-infected women in Thailand are limited. We studied, among HIV-infected women, prevalence of STI symptoms and signs; prevalence and correlates of having any STI; prevalence and correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) or Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) among women without CT and/or GC symptoms or signs; and number of women ...

Sexually transmitted infection (STI) remains a taboo subject when associated with older people. Elizabeth Grigg advises nurses to consider, without prejudice, the possibility of STI in older people.

BACKGROUND The last decade has seen enormous advances in HIV treatment and care, but how to implement scaled up HIV testing, prevention, and treatment in low-income areas still presents a formidable public health challenge. South China faces expanding syphilis and sexually transmitted HIV epidemics, but health systems characteristics important for scaling up syphilis and HIV testing have not be...

Decosas and Padian report, but do not discuss, a noteworthy disassociation in epidemic trajectory between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Zimbabwe. They cite estimates that, between 1990 and 1999, HIV prevalence increased linearly from 9% to 25%, while STI syndrome reports declined substantially, from 963 436 cases to 727 788. The authors not only...

Decosas and Padian report, but do not discuss, a noteworthy disassociation in epidemic trajectory between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Zimbabwe. They cite estimates that, between 1990 and 1999, HIV prevalence increased linearly from 9% to 25%, while STI syndrome reports declined substantially, from 963 436 cases to 727 788. The authors not only...

BACKGROUND Male sex workers (MSW) are particularly exposed to sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV. In the Netherlands, data about STI among MSW are scarce. We estimated chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV diagnoses among MSW attending STI clinics and determined associated factors to guide prevention policies. METHODS Using 2006-2012 cross-sectional national surveillance da...

A new, systematic approach to the synthesis of Cartesian sti®ness by springs is presented using screw (spatial vector) algebra. The space of solutions is fully characterized for all sti®nesses realizable by springs. The main result shows that a rank r sti®ness can always be synthesized by r springs. Further, it can also be synthesized by an arbitrarily large number of springs greater than r: Sy...

BACKGROUND The microbiome of the male urogenital tract is poorly described but it has been suggested that bacterial colonization of the male urethra might impact risk of sexually transmitted infection (STI). Previous cultivation-dependent studies showed that a variety of non-pathogenic bacteria colonize the urethra but did not thoroughly characterize these microbiomes or establish links between...