| [Early diagnosis and correlations of sexually transmitted infections among women in primary care health services]. | Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in women remain a public health challenge due to high prevalence, difficulties to implement early diagnosis strategies and high rates of complications. | 2011 | 22069014 |
| from suspicion to action: the chemical conjunctivitis and silver nitrate connexion example in brazilian hospitals. | during the 20th century, silver nitrate (sn) eye drops instillation to newborns had been the best prophylaxis against ophthalmia neonatorum (on) caused by neisseria gonorrheae, the most frequent cause of ocular infections leading to blindness. at present, this treatment has been questioned because there is a growing prevalence of other pathogens such as chlamydia trachomatis, and sn is associated with chemical conjunctivitis (chc). in addition, sn could present some conservation problems in trop ... | 2005 | 15565728 |
| [prevalence of chlamydia and neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in pregnant women in six brazilian cities]. | this paper has aimed at estimating the prevalence of infections by chlamydia trachomatis and by neisseria gonorrhoeae in pregnant women from six brazilian cities, identifying its association with socio-economical and demographic variables. | 2008 | 19219343 |
| home-based self-sampling and self-testing for sexually transmitted infections: acceptable and feasible alternatives to provider-based screening in low-income women in são paulo, brazil. | the objective of this study was to determine whether home-based screening for sexually transmitted infections (stis) is acceptable, feasible, and increases the proportion of women screened among low-income women in são paulo, brazil. | 2007 | 17091118 |