Clinico-epidemiological profile of patients attending Suraksha Clinic of tertiary care hospital of North India.

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Author	Banger, H. S. Sethi, Anisha Malhotra, Sita Malhotra, Suresh Kumar Kaur, Tejinder
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Background:Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a global health problem. Trends of STIs vary from place to place depending on various epidemiological factors prevailing in that respective geographic area.Aims and Objectives:The present study was conducted to find the pattern and prevalence of different STIs out of total STI clinic attendees, to identify any change in the trend of STIs, various epidemiological factors, and behavior of individual diseases.Materials and Methods:Case records of the patients, attending the STI clinic (Suraksha Clinic) attached with Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprosy of a tertiary care medical college and hospital of North India from April 2007 to March 2014, were analyzed. All the patients were thoroughly examined and investigated.Results:This study included a total of 5468 STI clinic attendees out of which 3908 were diagnosed to have STIs. Most of the patients were male, married, and in the third decade of their lives. In our study, the highest number of patients had herpes genitalis, i.e., 850 patients (21.75%) followed by 415 patients (10.61%) having genital warts. Molluscum contagiosum was present in 239 patients (6.11%), 106 patients (2.71%) had urethral discharge whereas 81 patients (2.07%) diagnosed to have syphilis. Viral infections accounted for 38.48% of cases. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity was seen in 414 patients (10.59%) of total STI cases.Conclusion:The trend of STIs is changing from bacterial to viral diseases. This is because of the widespread use of antibacterial, self-medication, and treatment through national program. STIs enhance the susceptibility of an individual to acquire or transmit HIV through sexual contact.
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ISSN	25890557
Journal	Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS [Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS]
Volume Number	38
PubMed Central reference number	PMC5389216
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	28442804
e-ISSN	25890565
DOI	10.4103/0253-7184.203436
Language	English
Publisher	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Publisher Date	2017-01-01
Publisher Place	India
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS
Subject Keyword	Clinico-epidemiological profile of sexually transmitted infections human immunodeficiency virus National AIDS Control Organization Suraksha Clinic
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Dermatology