[Reemergence of infectious syphilis among homosexual men and HIV coinfection in Barcelona, 2002-2003]. / Reemergencia de la sífilis infecciosa en varones homosexuales y coinfección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana en Barcelona, 2002-2003.
Med Clin (Barc)
; 126(3): 94-6, 2006 Jan 28.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An increase in syphilis infections since the mid 1990s has been documented, especially in homosexual men, in different European and North American cities. We intended to describe the characteristics of newly diagnosed cases of syphilis at the Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit of Barcelona in 2002 and 2003. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Descriptive analysis of cases with infectious syphilis and multivariate analysis of factors associated with HIV coinfection. RESULTS: 102 cases were diagnosed with infectious syphilis, 98 males (88 homosexual men). HIV coinfection was present in 34% of cases. Predictive factors of HIV coinfection were age > 30 years (p = 0.003) and having a HIV positive partner (p = 0.044). Clinically, there were no differences between cases coinfected or not with HIV. CONCLUSIONS: There has been a recent increase of syphilis in Barcelona, especially among some core groups of homosexual men with high rates of HIV coinfection.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Sífilis
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Infecciones por VIH
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Homosexualidad Masculina
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Med Clin (Barc)
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España
Pais de publicación:
España