Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Clavo-Escribano P

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• Research Article
  Risk Factors of HIV Co-Infection and Sexual Behaviours in Patients with Gonococcal Infection in a STIs Clinic in Madrid
  Author(s): Ariza-Mejía MC, García-García L, Puerta-López T, Menéndez-Prieto B, Vera-García M, Clavo-Escribano P, Ballesteros Martín J, Rodriguez-Martín C, Gil de Miguel A, del Romero-Guerrero J and Gil-Prieto RAriza-Mejía MC, García-García L, Puerta-López T, Menéndez-Prieto B, Vera-García M, Clavo-Escribano P, Ballesteros Martín J, Rodriguez-Martín C, Gil de Miguel A, del Romero-Guerrero J and Gil-Prieto R
  
  Introduction: During the past decade, the incidence of gonorrhoea has increased in Spain, mainly affecting the community of men who have sex with men. The objective of the present study was to describe the cases of gonococcal infection at a referral centre for sexually transmitted diseases in Madrid, as well as the factors associated with co-infection by the human immunodeficiency virus. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed of all of the cases of gonococcal infection that were diagnosed in 2010 at the Sandoval Health Centre of Madrid. Clinical histories, diagnostic tests, and sociodemographic and risk-behaviour questionnaires were analysed. Results: Eighty-three per cent of the patients who were diagnosed with gonorrhoea were men who had engaged in sex with men, and 29% tested positive by serological screening for HIV. In the multiple logistic regression model .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000240

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