The sexually transmissible diseases

Fumara, Nicholas J.

doi:10.1016/s0011-5029(78)80011-x

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“…These figures were lower than those reported from Sweden, 16 Britain,'7 Nigeria,'8 East Africa,'9 and the USA. 20 Syphilis is, however, very common in Spain, if our results (507o for men and 2%1o for women) are compared with the previously cited reports. Perhaps this is due to fewer official health surveillance programmes for syphilis in Spain in recent years.…”

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“…Because of the high prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the world over the last 20 years, and the lack of reliable statistics in Spain, the departments of microbiology and of dermatology and venereology of the University of Seville School of Medicine decided to establish a centre for the diagnosis of STD in the city in order to meet the need for treatment and evaluation of the problem. In particular, we studied three aspects: clinical and microbiological diagnosis and psychosocial factors in the patients attending the centre Seville now has 700 000 inhabitants, 20 000 of whom are students of the University of Seville.…”

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Three years' experience of sexually transmitted diseases in Seville, Spain.

Perea¹,

Álvarez-Dardet²,

Borobio³

et al. 1981

Sexually Transmitted Infections

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SUMMARY At present there are no reliable statistics on the relative prevalences of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Spain. In a report of the first three years' experience in an STD diagnostic centre between 1977 and 1979 a total of 879 patients (534 men and 345 women) were seen. They mainly consisted of university students and the mean age was 22 years in 1977 and 23 years in the following two years. All the patients were examined for syphilis and all women for gonorrhoea and trichomoniasis. Investigations for Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Candida albicans, and Herpesvirus hominis infections were carried out according to the presenting symptoms. Non-specific genital infections occurred most commonly (25-70o); chlamydia were isolated from 30% of the patients with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). The second commonest infection was candidosis (13-5%). Gonorrhoea, which was found in 10 607o of the patients, was diagnosed more frequently in men (13' 5'%) than in women (6%).No strains of P-lactamase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae were detected and all were sensitive to penicillin. Syphilis was diagnosed in 4-4'0 of patients (2% women and 5% men). Condylomata acuminata were diagnosed in 2-8% of patients and more frequently in men (4Wo). Herpes genitalis and venereophobia were uncommon (Il 9% and 1-20o respectively) and were diagnosed only in men.

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confidence: 99%