| medical health care for viennese prostitutes. | in vienna, legalized prostitution is tightly controlled by the advisory board of the viennese public health service. registered prostitutes are routinely screened for all important stds, such as syphilis, hiv, gonorrhea, chlamydial- and yeast-infections, and trichomonas vaginalis. furthermore, cytological smears are obtained from the cervix and chest x-rays are performed at least once a year. in all pathological findings, an appropriate therapy is implemented. presenting data of 1989, out of the ... | 1991 | 1948514 |
| [relevance of routine diagnosis of chlamydia and hiv infections in vienna prostitutes]. | at the control center for veneral diseases of the vienna health office, 5000 examinations for chlamydia infection were performed on registered and non-registered prostitutes between 1980 and 1988. during this period, we observed a continuous decrease of the rate of infections from 20.4% to 4% among registered prostitutes and from 31.4% to 12.4% among non-registered prostitutes. between 1985 and 1988, the cumulative number of hiv infections only rose from 7 to 8 cases among registered prostitutes ... | 1990 | 2399759 |
| chlamydia trachomatis and pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in pregnant viennese women. | to identify the epidemiologic role of chlamydia trachomatis in vienna and its incidence in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy, 1116 pregnant women (age range 16-43 years, medium age 26) were screened. of 459 women applying for legal abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy, chlamydia trachomatis was detected from the cervices of 24 (5.2%). chlamydial detection was also performed in 657 women during the thirty-fourth week of pregnancy. the infection rate was found to be very similar ... | 1988 | 3261258 |
| [incidence of chlamydia trachomatis infections in pregnant patients in vienna]. | pregnant women were examined for chlamydia trachomatis-infection on a routine basis during a multicentric study in vienna. samples were taken from the cervix and fornix between the 30th and 34th week pregnancy. ftic-conjugated monoclonal antibodies and immunofluorescence techniques were used to verify chlamydia trachomatis. out of 1238 pregnant women, 101 (8.16%) were positive for chlamydia trachomatis. since chlamydia infections can result in severe local or generalized complications and also s ... | 1986 | 3491465 |
| [chlamydia trachomatis in patients with genital contact infections in austria--studies of 3,367 patients]. | in order to evaluate the epidemiological importance of chlamydia trachomatis (c. trachomatis) as a genital microorganism, data were obtained from 3,367 patients with sexually transmitted diseases in vienna and analyzed by computer-assisted methods. c. trachomatis was cultured in 26.1% of 2,594 patients investigated for the first time. the microorganism was found more often in male patients (31.3%) than in female patients (21%). 32.2% of positive chlamydia cultures were obtained from patients wit ... | 1986 | 3538672 |
| mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in patients with sexually transmitted diseases. | mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum can be isolated with considerable frequency from the human urogenital tract and are thought to cause various syndromes such as nongonococcal urethritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, pyelonephritis or infertility. the aim of this study was the evaluation of the presence of different genital pathogens in patients with sexually transmitted diseases (std) and, in particular, the detection of mycoplasmas in individuals infected with genital microbes and a ... | 1997 | 9286064 |
| differences in the sensitivity of the amplicor chlamydia trachomatis pcr assay. | to evaluate the use of the amplicor pcr assay in two european centres (amsterdam and vienna) as a standard for amplification assays in comparative studies. | 1997 | 9306903 |
| new chlamydia trachomatis l2 strains identified in a recent outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum in vienna, austria. | since 2003, an ongoing outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum (lgv), caused by chlamydia trachomatis biovar l2b, has been reported among men who have sex with men. | 2008 | 18209688 |