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PATTERN OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE AT PUDUCHERRY

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) varies widely from region to region in our country. AIMS: To highlight the pattern of STIs and the profile of patients with HIV infection in STD patients as seen at our hospital. METHODS: A retrospective chart analysis of clients at...

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Autores principales: Devi, S Abarna, Vetrichevvel, T P, Pise, Gajanan A, Thappa, Devinder Mohan
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Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2807711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20101336
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.57611
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author Devi, S Abarna
Vetrichevvel, T P
Pise, Gajanan A
Thappa, Devinder Mohan
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Vetrichevvel, T P
Pise, Gajanan A
Thappa, Devinder Mohan
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description BACKGROUND: The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) varies widely from region to region in our country. AIMS: To highlight the pattern of STIs and the profile of patients with HIV infection in STD patients as seen at our hospital. METHODS: A retrospective chart analysis of clients attending STI clinic, JIPMER, Puducherry, from June 2004 to June 2006 was done. RESULTS: A total of 866 clients attended our STI clinic, out of whom 435 (50.2%) had proven STI. STIs were more common in men, with a male (290): female (145) ratio of 2:1. Their age ranged from 1 year to 75 years (mean age = 32.38 years) with the maximum number of patients in the age group of 21-30 years, while children constituted only 2.8%. Herpes genitalis (107 patients, 32.8%) was the most common ulcerative STI, while genital wart was the most common nonulcerative STI (56 patients, 17.1%). Non-gonococcal urethritis (46 patients, 14.1%) was more common than gonococcal urethritis. HIV infection was the most common STI in our study, at an alarmingly high rate of 34.5% (151/435). HIV seropositivity was more common in patients who presented with ulcerative STIs than with nonulcerative STIs. CONCLUSIONS: Herpes genitalis was the most common ulcerative STD, while genital wart was the most common nonulcerative STI in our study. The prevalence of HIV among STI clients in India has been on the rise, but has quite alarmingly become the most common STI in our study.
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spelling pubmed-28077112010-01-25 PATTERN OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE AT PUDUCHERRY Devi, S Abarna Vetrichevvel, T P Pise, Gajanan A Thappa, Devinder Mohan Indian J Dermatol Epidemiology Round BACKGROUND: The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) varies widely from region to region in our country. AIMS: To highlight the pattern of STIs and the profile of patients with HIV infection in STD patients as seen at our hospital. METHODS: A retrospective chart analysis of clients attending STI clinic, JIPMER, Puducherry, from June 2004 to June 2006 was done. RESULTS: A total of 866 clients attended our STI clinic, out of whom 435 (50.2%) had proven STI. STIs were more common in men, with a male (290): female (145) ratio of 2:1. Their age ranged from 1 year to 75 years (mean age = 32.38 years) with the maximum number of patients in the age group of 21-30 years, while children constituted only 2.8%. Herpes genitalis (107 patients, 32.8%) was the most common ulcerative STI, while genital wart was the most common nonulcerative STI (56 patients, 17.1%). Non-gonococcal urethritis (46 patients, 14.1%) was more common than gonococcal urethritis. HIV infection was the most common STI in our study, at an alarmingly high rate of 34.5% (151/435). HIV seropositivity was more common in patients who presented with ulcerative STIs than with nonulcerative STIs. CONCLUSIONS: Herpes genitalis was the most common ulcerative STD, while genital wart was the most common nonulcerative STI in our study. The prevalence of HIV among STI clients in India has been on the rise, but has quite alarmingly become the most common STI in our study. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2807711/ /pubmed/20101336 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.57611 Text en © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Devi, S Abarna
Vetrichevvel, T P
Pise, Gajanan A
Thappa, Devinder Mohan
PATTERN OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE AT PUDUCHERRY
title PATTERN OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE AT PUDUCHERRY
title_full PATTERN OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE AT PUDUCHERRY
title_fullStr PATTERN OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE AT PUDUCHERRY
title_full_unstemmed PATTERN OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE AT PUDUCHERRY
title_short PATTERN OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE AT PUDUCHERRY
title_sort pattern of sexually transmitted infections in a tertiary care centre at puducherry
topic Epidemiology Round
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2807711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20101336
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.57611
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