Reported incidence of gonorrhoea and syphilis in East and West Germany 1990-2000 – effects of reunification and behaviour change

Marcus, Ulrich; Hamouda, Osamah; Kiehl, W

doi:10.2807/esw.05.43.02042-en

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“…In 2003, the syphilis incidence in Germany was 10 times higher among men than among women (75% of them being homosexuals and 50% HIV-positive). According to foreign studies, HIV/syphilis co-infection in homosexual men ranges from 20 to 73% (27,30,31). The data on HIV/syphilis co-infection rates are lower among our patients, which is in concordance with relatively low HIV prevalence in the Czech Republic.…”

Section: Epidemiologysupporting

confidence: 76%

Syphilis among STD Clinic Patients in Prague in 2009

Kuklová

Velčevský²,

Kojanová³

2011

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYThe aim of the study was to evaluate clinical, epidemiological and demographic data of patients with syphilis hospitalized at the Department of Dermatovenereology of the General Teaching Hospital in 2009 and to identify the groups at high risk of sexually transmitted diseases. The results were compared with the previous surveys carried out between 1999 and 2005 and also with the data of the National Registry of Venereal Diseases for 2008.A total of 232 patients were hospitalized in 2009 (including 26 women admitted for compulsory retreatment in pregnancy). We noticed a 25% increase in the number of patients in comparison with the year 2008. Of the total number of patients, 206 were patients with newly diagnosed syphilis, of which 153 (74.3%) were men and 53 (25.7%) women. There was 22.3% of patients with primary and 31.6% with secondary syphilis. As in the previous years, heterosexual contact remained the most frequent route of syphilis transmission. However, the number of homosexual and bisexual men increased, amounting to 64.7% of all hospitalized men. Four men were HIV positive. The age distribution did not change; majority of the patients were aged between 30 and 40. The proportion of foreigners also remained unchanged (19.9%); they came mainly from the Slovak Republic (31.1%) and Ukraine (26.7%). The absolute number of reported syphilis cases has been increasing in the Czech Republic since 2006. From the epidemiologic point of view, the increasing incidence of early stages of the disease is alarming. Men prevail over women among the infected persons; the men having sex with men (MSM) has been increasing in the last three years.

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Section: Epidemiologysupporting

confidence: 76%

Syphilis among STD Clinic Patients in Prague in 2009

Kuklová

Velčevský²,

Kojanová³

2011

Cent Eur J Public Health

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“…It is possible that a larger proportion of total male cases are attributable to MSM, given the reporting limitations outlined above. As in other jurisdictions, it is assumed that the incidence of gonorrhoea among MSM has risen, in the context of information from other sources 23 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Gonorrhoea resurgence in Canada

2003

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After several years of decline, reported gonorrhoea rates in Canada have recently increased substantially. National goals for gonorrhoea control were developed in 1997, but it appears that reliance on secular trends is insufficient to attain the goal of eliminating locally transmitted infection by Neisseria gonorrhoeae by 2010. We have examined disease surveillance reports from 1994 to 2001 inclusive to assess demographic and epidemiologic trends in reported cases of gonococcal infection. Since 1997, reported cases have increased by 53% among men and 33% among women. The largest proportion of cases in women is in those aged 15-24; the most dramatic increase in males has been among those aged 30-39. Reasons for the resurgence remain unclear, but disease reports indicate that renewed attention to enhanced surveillance and targeted prevention are essential for gonorrhoea control in Canada.

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“…Allerdings tritt eine Gonokokkeninfektion nur bei ca. 0,01 % der Schwangeren in Deutschland auf [50]. Demgegenüber steht, dass die Silbernitratlösung bei bis zu 10 % der Neugeborenen zu einer Reizung der Augenbindehaut (Silberkatarrh) führen kann und sich außerdem die Gonorrhö und Gonoblennorrhö antibiotisch behandeln lassen.…”

Section: Prophylaxe Der Ophthalmia Neonatorum (Gonoblennorrhö)unclassified

Praktische Hygiene in Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe

Tabori¹

2017

Krankenh.hyg. up2date

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Reported incidence of gonorrhoea and syphilis in East and West Germany 1990-2000 – effects of reunification and behaviour change

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Syphilis among STD Clinic Patients in Prague in 2009

Syphilis among STD Clinic Patients in Prague in 2009

Gonorrhoea resurgence in Canada

Praktische Hygiene in Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe

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