Search results for "Syphilis"

Re-emergence of HIV Infection and Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

2012

Sexual activity has been shown to be the primary mode of transmission for several important viral and bacterial infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) throughout the world and therefore sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are still one of major public health problem worldwide. Since the earliest days of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic MSM have been profoundly affected by the disease; by the time the first AIDS cases were reported in the early 1980s, HIV had already spread widely among homosexual and drug-user communities. In western Europe, has been estimated that HIV incidence peaked around 1983 among MSM and in 1987-88 among injecting drug users, with 120.000 …

Current and Future Trends in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections

2021

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to exert a considerable public health and social burden globally, particularly for developing countries. Due to the high prevalence of asymptomatic infections and the limitations of symptom-based (syndromic) diagnosis, confirmation of infection using laboratory tools is essential to choose the most appropriate course of treatment and to screen at-risk groups. Numerous laboratory tests and platforms have been developed for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, trichomoniasis, genital mycoplasmas, herpesviruses, and human papillomavirus. Point-of-care testing is now a possibility, and microfluidic and high-throughput omics technologies promise to revo…

P-869 - „Two great masqueraders” in a psychiatry clinic - case series of neurosyphilis and neuroborreliosis

2012

Background Neurosyphilis can develop at any stage of syphilis despite of previously recieved treatment, and it can mimic any neuropschychiatric disorder. The psychopathology of neuroborreliosis is less described. Objectives To describe the cases of schizophrenia - like psychosis in patients with these hronic neuroinfections. Methods and materials Retrospective chart review study of five inmates (four with neurosyphilis and one with neuroborreliosis) was performed. Results Psychiatric histories of two females (45 and 49 y.o.) and three males (31, 40, 45 y.o.) are achieved. In four cases they were initially misdiagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia and in one case - as a persistent alcoholic hal…

Terti�rsyphilitische Lymphknotenbeteiligung vom granulierenden Typ bei einem Kranken mit plattenartigen Gummen der Haut

1962

Kupan kehto. Prostituutio kansanterveydellisenä ongelmana 1800-luvun wieniläisten lääketieteilijöiden kirjoituksissa

2018

Järjestelmiä prostituution säätelemiseksi luotiin 1800-luvulla ympäri Eurooppaa. Wienissä prostituution säätely aloitettiin yli vuosikymmenen jatkuneiden debattien jälkeen vuonna 1873. Julkisen siveellisyyden suojelun ohella prostituoitujen rekisteröintiin ja säännöllisiin terveystarkastuksiin perustuneen säätelyjärjestelmän tavoitteena oli sukupuolitautien, erityisesti kupan, ennaltaehkäisy. Lääketieteilijöillä oli keskeinen rooli sekä säätelystä käydyssä julkisessa keskustelussa että sen käytännön toteutuksessa. Tämä artikkeli tutkii prostituutioon ympäri Eurooppaa kohdistunutta lääketieteellistä ongelmanmäärittelyä ja kontrollia tarkastelemalla wieniläislääkäreiden sekä wieniläisten lääk…