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Clin Infect Dis ; 28(5): 1086-90, May 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-1381

RESUMO

Individuals presenting consecutively with genital ulcers in Kingston, Jamaica, underwent serological testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection , chlamydial infection, and syphilis. Ulcer material was analyzed by the multiplex polymerase chain reaction (M-PCR) analysis DNA from herpes simplex virus (HSV), Haemophilus ducreyi, and Treponema pallidum was detected in 158 (52.0 percent), 72 (23.7 percent), and 31 (10.2 percent) of 304 ulcer specimens. Of the 304 subjects, 67 (22 percent) were HIV-seropositive and 64 (21 percent) were T. pallidum-seroactive. Granuloma inguinale was clinically diagnosed in nine (13.4 percent) of 67 ulcers negative by M-PCR analysis and in 12 (5.1 percent) of 237 ulcers positive by M-PCR analysis (P = .03). Lymphogranuloma venereum was clinically diagnosed in eight patients. Compared with M-PCR analysis, the sensitivity and specificity of a clinical diagnosis of syphilis, herpes, and chancroid were 67.7 percent, 53.8 percent, and 75 percent and 91.2 percent, 83.6 percent, and 75.4 percent, respectively. Reactive syphilis serology was 74 percent sensitive and 85 percent specific compared with M-PCR analysis. Reported contact with a prostitute in the preceding 3 months was associated with chancroid (P = .009), reactive syphilis serology (P = .011), and HIV infection (P = .007). The relatively poor pleads for syndromic management of genital ulcers in Jamaica. Prevention efforts should be intensified.(Au)


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Adulto , Feminino , Masculino , Humanos , Doenças dos Genitais Femininos/microbiologia , Doenças dos Genitais Masculinos/microbiologia , Infecções por HIV/complicações , Úlcera/microbiologia , HIV-1 , HIV-2 , Jamaica , Linfogranuloma Venéreo/complicações , Linfogranuloma Venéreo/diagnóstico , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Prevalência , Fatores de Risco , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Simplexvirus/isolamento & purificação , Treponema pallidum/isolamento & purificação , Úlcera/complicações , Doenças dos Genitais Femininos/complicações , Doenças dos Genitais Femininos/diagnóstico , Doenças dos Genitais Masculinos/complicações , Doenças dos Genitais Masculinos/diagnóstico , Haemophilus ducreyi/isolamento & purificação , Herpes Genital/complicações , Herpes Genital/diagnóstico
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