| risk factors for spontaneous abortion: a case-control study in france. | a case-control study was conducted in seven maternity hospitals in the paris area in 1988 to evaluate the role of several risk factors in spontaneous abortion. a total of 279 cases and 279 controls were compared for socio-demographic characteristics, reproductive history and for conditions of conception. prior fetal losses [odds ratio (or) = 2.30 for n greater than or equal to 2; 95% confidence interval (ci) = 1.17-4.61] and maternal age at pregnancy (greater than 30 years) appeared to be major ... | 1991 | 1752937 |
| [risk factors of ectopic pregnancy. a case-control study at 7 maternity units in the paris area]. | a case-control study was conducted in seven maternity hospitals in the paris area in 1988 to evaluate the role of several risk factors in ectopic pregnancy (ep). a total of 279 cases and 307 controls were compared for sociodemographic characteristics, cigarette smoking, sexual reproductive and surgical histories and for the conditions under which conception occurred. many factors were found to be associated with an increased risk of ep: cigarette smoking related to the number smoked at the time ... | 1991 | 1869782 |
| risk factors for ectopic pregnancy: a case-control study in france, with special focus on infectious factors. | a case-control study was conducted in 1988 in seven paris area maternity hospitals to evaluate the role of several risk factors, particularly infectious factors, in ectopic pregnancy. a total of 279 cases and 279 controls were compared for sociodemographic characteristics, cigarette smoking, sexual, reproductive and surgical histories, and conditions of conception. pelvic inflammatory disease confirmed by celioscopy (odds ratio (or) = 5.5, 95% confidence interval (ci) 2.1-13.9) and chlamydia tra ... | 1991 | 2028974 |
| lymphogranuloma venereum: 27 cases in paris. | twenty-seven men with laboratory-confirmed lymphogranuloma venereum (lgv) were identified among 211 patients tested for lgv or chancroid during a 6-y period. the patients with lgv ranged in age from 17 to 73 y; most were from countries other than france. twenty-five sought care because of inguinal adenopathy (with spontaneous draining fistulae in two patients) and two because of proctitis. chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from nine patients; all isolates were the lgv biovar as demonstrated by ... | 1989 | 2677162 |
| [tonsillitis today. epidemiologic review. clinical correlates. therapeutic impact]. | a prospective study was conducted in 216 patients with ulceration of throat and 100 controls. bacteriology showed, in the low percentage of case with positive results, the classical distribution of germs generally identified from throat swabs, with predominance of haemolytic streptococci ab and associated fusospirilla. haemophilus influenzae was very rarely isolated (1%) and immunofluorescence tests for chlamydia trachomatis in the pharyngeal exudate were always negative, in both patients and co ... | 1987 | 3605939 |
| the prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis in women with genitourinary symptoms. | two studies were conducted to determine the prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis in the urine and cervical exudates of women with genitourinary symptoms. in the first study, 873 women attending the world health organization-sexually transmitted disease center of the alfred fournier institute, in paris, were examined. in 7% of these women, culture results were positive for the presence of c trachomatis. women with c trachomatis in the urethra had more polymorphonuclear cells in the urine than did ... | 1986 | 3829090 |
| male urethritis with and without discharge: a clinical and microbiological study. | the definition of male urethritis in the absence of urethral discharge has not been well established. the sensitivity of urethral swabs and first-catch urine is controversial. | 1995 | 7482108 |
| [sexually transmitted diseases in women, mothers, under-age females. 7th consensus conference on antiinfectious therapy. paris, 3 november 1993]. | this paper is a report of a consensus conference held by the "société de pathologie infectieuse de langue française" on diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in females (hiv and hepatitis b being excluded). three subjects are concerned. 1) diagnosis and medical treatment of salpingitis, with particular attention to salpingitis in adolescent girls, the two most common infections being chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae. 2) diagnosis and treatment of sexually transm ... | 1994 | 7987468 |
| [chlamydia trachomatis: risk factors in women in the parisian region. importance of smoking and cervical ectropion]. | a study of chlamydial infection and its clinical correlates was undertaken collaboratively among french women attending sexually transmitted disease (std, prenatal, and teen clinics (n = 148). a complete sexual and gynecologic history and pelvic exam was performed on all women. endocervical and urethral cultures were obtained for c. trachomatis and n. gonorrhoeae. reason for visit included suspected std in 97% of std, 5% of prenatal and 17% of teen women. n. gonorrhoeae was isolated from std cli ... | 1993 | 8514996 |
| screening of chlamydia trachomatis genital infection in a young parisian population. | | 1999 | 10448399 |
| high prevalence of mycoplasma genitalium in the lower genitourinary tract of women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in paris, france. | previous studies have suggested that mycoplasma genitalium is associated with cervicitis and may be a cause of pelvic inflammatory disease. this study attempted to investigate further the possible role of m genitalium in genital symptoms of women attending a sexually transmitted disease (std) clinic. | 2002 | 12035026 |
| ano-rectal lymphogranuloma venereum: 22 cases reported in a sexually transmited infections center in paris. | in january 2004 the european surveillance of sexually transmitted infections network (essti) issued an international alert regarding an outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum (lgv) in rotterdam in a sexual network of men who have sex with men (msm). further to this alert, a retrospective survey was set up by the institut de veille sanitaire and the reference laboratories for n.gonorrhoeae and chlamydia in france. our sti clinic in paris carried out a clinico-biological retrospective study involvin ... | 2006 | 16581572 |
| rectal lymphogranuloma venereum surveillance in france 2004-2005. | lymphogranuloma venereum (lgv) is a sexually transmitted infection (sti) caused by chlamydia trachomatis strains belonging to the l1, l2 or l3 genotype. an alert about an outbreak of lgv among msm in the netherlands was published in january 2004. the first cases of rectal lgv in france were retrospectively diagnosed in march 2004 and sentinel surveillance for lgv was implemented in april 2004. most of the participating centres were located in the cities of paris and bordeaux. only confirmed rect ... | 2006 | 17075158 |
| sexually transmitted diseases diagnosed among travelers returning from the tropics. | data are lacking on the spectrum of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) diagnosed in returning travelers. | 2009 | 19335805 |
| etiology of genital ulcer disease. a prospective study of 278 cases seen in an std clinic in paris. | the goal of this study was to identify the causes and factors associated with genital ulcer disease (gud) among patients attending a sexually transmitted disease (std) clinic in paris. | 2010 | 19910862 |
| prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis: results from the first national population-based survey in france. | few studies have estimated chlamydia trachomatis (ct) prevalence in the general population, most prevalence studies being based on people already attending healthcare settings. | 2010 | 20660590 |
| prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae infections detected by real-time pcr among individuals reporting sexual assaults in the paris, france area. | neisseria gonorrhoeae (ng) and chlamydia trachomatis (ct) are the most common bacteria involved in sexually transmitted infections (stis). in france, combined screening for ct and ng using nucleic acid amplification tests is recommended in populations that are considered at risk. however, no data have been published about victims of sexual assaults. the aim of this retrospective study was to assess the usefulness of real-time pcr for the rapid detection of ct and ng genomic dna, and the prevalen ... | 2016 | 27261924 |