Re-testing people three months after a diagnosed infection, as recommended in the Australian STI Management Guidelines, can help to reduce these issues. 2. Improve diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) Around 20 to 30% of cases of PID in the community are due to chlamydia, and 17% ...
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however more than 1/3 of positive results were missed in mail-in samples. They stated that the prevalence of potential false-negative results among mail-in samples warrants caution when implementing mail-in sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing strategies. Moreover, these investigators stated ...
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Objectives: Point-of-care (POC) testing for chlamydia (CT) and gonorrhoea (NG) offers a new approach to the diagnosis and management of these sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in remote Australian communities and other similar settings. Diagnosis of STIs in remote communities is typically sy...
Risk-reduction counselling at SHC, such as motivational interviewing after a positive chlamydia test result, is already an integral part of the national guidelines for STI management in many Western countries26,29,56. The reason for this is that individuals who were diagnosed with chlamydia are at...
Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) is the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the western world[1] and the most common notifiable infectious disease in Australia[2]. Rates of chlamydia infection are increasing worldwide, and Australian notification rates quadrupled from 1999 ...
Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most commonly notified sexually transmissible infection (STI) in Australia, with over 50,000 infections notified in 2007 (244 per 100,000 population) [1]. Australian data show the greatest burden of chlamydia infection is among young women aged 15 to 24 year...
The value of high testing coverage accompanied by high treatment rates via comprehensive sexual health programs has been demonstrated in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. One program in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands of South Australia targeted high STI prevalence among 14–40 ...
In summary, these results show CT/NG positive DTF samples can be reliably produced in-house and used for both QC purposes and training in remote Australian settings where CT/NG POC testing is being conducted. In the context of this research trial, the estimated low cost to produce each in-...