Open AccessPattern of sexually transmitted infections and performance of syndromic management against etiological diagnosis in patients attending the sexually transmitted infection clinic of a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Shilpee Choudhry,
V G Ramachandran,
Shukla Das,
S N Bhattacharya,
Narendra Singh Mogha
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.74998
Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia trachomatis , syphilis , sex organ , chlamydia , urethritis , lymphogranuloma venereum , etiology , epidemiology , gonorrhea , psychological intervention , neisseria gonorrhoeae , pediatrics , genital ulcer , gynecology , sexually transmitted disease , family medicine , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
The availability of baseline information on the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other associated risk behaviors is essential for designing, implementing, and monitoring successful targeted interventions. Also, continuous analysis of risk assessment and prevalence-based screening studies are necessary to evaluate and monitor the performance of syndromic management. The aim of the present study was to document the pattern of common STIs and to evaluate the performance of syndromic case management against their laboratory diagnoses.