Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Diagnosis and Control

Fasciana, Teresa; Capra, Giuseppina; Lipari, Dario; Firenze, Alberto; Giammanco, Anna

doi:10.3390/ijerph19095293

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“…In 2008, a study estimated that the lifetime financial burden of supporting specific STD patients, covering expenses for diagnosis, treatment, clinics and other health services, amounted to $15.6 billion (Ho, 2020). The global burden of sexually transmitted diseases is unknown since many of these infections are asymptomatic, diagnostic procedures are unavailable in the most affected nations and there is no surveillance system (Fasciana et al, 2022).…”

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Rapid detection of some STD-causing bacteria using the direct flow chip method

Al-Dobardani, Q. M.,

Alrawi, A. M.

2024

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Aims: This study aimed to detect bacterial pathogens that cause sexually transmitted diseases (STD) using multiplex polymerase chain reaction and reverse hybridization. Methodology and results: Thirty urine samples were collected from male patients aged between 20 and 45 in Dohuk City who were suspected of having an STD. The samples were tested for the presence of five main types of bacteria, namely Ureaplasma urealyticum, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis responsible for causing STDs. Nineteen of the thirty urine samples were positive for at least one of the five species of bacteria, yielding a positive rate of 63.3%. Ureaplasma urealyticum had the highest diagnostic rate of 68.4% among positive samples, while C. trachomatis had the lowest diagnosis rate of 5.2%. Both N. gonorrhoeae and M. hominis had a 15.7% diagnosis rate, while M. genitalium had a 10.5% diagnosis rate. Conclusion, significance and impact of study: Research findings suggest that U. urealyticum was the most common cause of STD, accounting for 68.4% of the positive samples. Conversely, the study identifies C. trachomatis as the least prevalent cause, accounting for only 5.2% of the cases. These noteworthy findings shed light on the prevalence of these bacterial pathogens in sexually transmitted diseases, laying the groundwork for more precise and effective diagnostic and treatment options.

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Rapid detection of some STD-causing bacteria using the direct flow chip method

Al-Dobardani, Q. M.,

Alrawi, A. M.

2024

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“…Comúnmente se contraen mediante relaciones sexuales (sexo vaginal, anal y oral) o fluidos corporales. También pueden transferirse por compartir jeringas, a través de la sangre, en el embarazo, por transmisión vertical a través del canal de parto o durante la lactancia (Fasciana et al, 2022;Vallejo et al, 2018). La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) afirma que cada día se transmiten más de un millón de ETS en todo el mundo (OMS, 2021).…”

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Evaluación e intervención de voz en pacientes con Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual: una revisión sistemática

Romero Arias,

Castillejo Martínez,

Sabater Gálvez

et al. 2024

Rev. investig. logop.

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Las Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual (ETS) son un conjunto de afecciones clínicas altamente infectocontagiosas siendo la cavidad bucal el lugar donde aparecen las primeras manifestaciones clínicas. Además, en el 90% de los casos, la laringe se encuentra involucrada, lo que provoca también cambios en la voz. Es por ello que el presente artículo tiene como objetivo realizar una revisión sistemática con el fin de arrojar luz acerca de las alteraciones de la voz que manifiestan los pacientes con ETS respondiendo a las siguientes preguntas: ¿Qué métodos son los más utilizados para evaluar la voz de los pacientes en las diferentes ETS? ¿Cuál es la ETS que con mayor frecuencia afecta a la voz? ¿Qué tipo de tratamiento médico reciben los pacientes con ETS? ¿Qué tipo de intervención logopédica reciben los pacientes con ETS? Se seleccionaron 9 artículos de las bases de datos Pubmed, WoS y Scopus. En general, los resultados muestran que el Virus del Papiloma Humano (VPH) es la ETS que con mayor frecuencia provoca alteraciones en la voz. A pesar de que la mayoría de los estudios utiliza únicamente exploraciones instrumentales, entre los métodos más empleados para evaluar la voz destacan los análisis acústicos y las escalas de voz (VHI-30 y GRBAS). Resulta llamativo que todos los pacientes reciban tratamiento médico, mientras la terapia logopédica presenta un bajo porcentaje en comparación.

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“…The morbidity risk is related especially to the following bacterial, parasitic and viral STIs: Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea), Treponema pallidum (syphilis), Trichomonas vaginalis (trichomoniasis), human papillomavirus (HPV), HIV, herpes simplex virus (HSV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) 2 . STIs are acquired by transmission occurring during sexual intercourse or from mother to child during pregnancy and childbirth 3,4 . STIs have a high impact on health: they can cause infertility, pregnancy complications, cancer, genital symptoms, psychosocial consequences and decreased quality of life 2 .…”

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“… 2 STIs are acquired by transmission occurring during sexual intercourse or from mother to child during pregnancy and childbirth. 3 , 4 STIs have a high impact on health: they can cause infertility, pregnancy complications, cancer, genital symptoms, psychosocial consequences and decreased quality of life. 2 STIs compromises a major economic burden, too, by causing medical costs (e.g.…”

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Sexual behavioral factors of the subjects visiting the clinic of sexually transmitted infections in Northern Finland: A cross‐sectional study among 775 subjects

Repo,

Sopenlehto,

Huilaja

et al. 2023

Health Science Reports

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Background and Aims: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) are among the most common infections globally. However, the sexual behavioral factors and sexual history of people visiting STI clinics have only been surveyed in a few studies.We aimed to evaluate the characteristics of the patients visiting the open STI clinic.Methods: This is a prospective observational study performed in the STI clinic in the premises of Department of Dermatology, Oulu University Hospital. All individuals (n = 775) attending the STI clinic between February and August 2022 were included to the study and the profile of the patients was evaluated.Results: We found that the majority of the STI clinic attendees (58.5%) were female. Mean age of the study population was 28.9 years, with females being significantly younger than males (p < 0.001). Only one-third (30.6%) of the patients reported having symptoms at the time of attending. Most commonly, patients had had one sex partner in the last 6 months. However, one-fifth (21.7%) reported several sex partners (over four). Almost half of the patients (47.6%) reported using a condom only randomly. Those with heterosexual orientation had fewer multiple-sex partners (p < 0.001) than those with homoor bisexual orientation (p < 0.05). Conclusion:It is important to increase knowledge about the profile of STI clinic visitors to effectively target STI prevention on the groups at the highest risk of STIs.

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Diagnosis and Control

Abstract: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)—or sexually transmitted infections (STIs)—are generally acquired through sexual contact [...]

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

Rapid detection of some STD-causing bacteria using the direct flow chip method

Rapid detection of some STD-causing bacteria using the direct flow chip method

Evaluación e intervención de voz en pacientes con Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual: una revisión sistemática

Sexual behavioral factors of the subjects visiting the clinic of sexually transmitted infections in Northern Finland: A cross‐sectional study among 775 subjects

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