Posters from 24th IUSTI-Europe Conference on sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS

Posters from 24^th IUSTI-Europe Conference on sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS (4-6 September 2008, Milan, Italy):

• Diagnostic approach to Gonococcal infection in Russia: a multicenter retrospective study

  Y.A. Belkova, O.Y. Aleksandrova, E.N. Bochanova, V.V. Chebotarev, I.L. Chechula, E.V. Eliseeva, V.V. Evstafev, Y.A. Ivanova, Y.A. Loginov, E.A. Ortenberg, A.M. Savicheva, S.V. Sekhin, I.A. Toropova, R.S. Kozlov

  Gonorrhea is one of the most commonly reported bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). WHO estimates that 62 million cases of gonorrhea occur annually worldwide. According to official statistics the prevalence of infection is 27.34 cases per 100,000 population in Russia, although it is suspected to be underestimated. Prompt and effective diagnosis of gonococcal infection is an essential component of its control. The gold standard for the detection of Neisseria gonorrheae is the culture, which has high sensitivity and specificity. Other options include microscopy and nucleic acid amplification tests (polymerase chain reaction, etc.). We aimed to reveal real practice of diagnostics of uncompl icated gonor rhea throughout Russia.

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sexually transmitted infections, HIV, AIDS, gonococcal infection, Neisseria gonorrheae, diagnostic, retrospective study, STDs