Sexually transmitted infections

Chugh, T.D.; Gaind, R.

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 32(2): 143-158

2012


ISSN/ISBN: 0272-2712
PMID: 22726996
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2012.04.015
Document Number: 565773
In developing countries, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) account for 10% to 20% of adult patients attending government health facilities. A young population, with 36% younger than 15 years, unbalanced male/female ratio(1000:933), increasing urbanization, illiteracy, poverty, sexual promiscuity, and lack of health education account for a high prevalence of STIs. Epidemiologic surveillance system and laboratory diagnostic facilities, especially point-of-care diagnosis, are inadequate in India. Antibiotic resistance in causative pathogens is an important hurdle in their control. Currently, syndromic management is the most common approach in India.

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