title: [Sexually communicable diseases: current status in Sweden].
abstract: In Sweden there are strict laws that traditional venereal diseases must be reported. In the years 1950-1978 only very few cases of syphilis were registered. The rate of gonorrhea increased from 1959-1970 and then there was a marked decrease. Possible reasons for these changes are discussed. In 7% of all men and 9% of all women with genital gonorrhea gonococci were found in the tonsillar region. Seventeen asymptomatic patients were followed without treatment; after 12 weeks all were culture-negative. The percentage of patients with non-gonococcal urethritis remained the same for the years 1972-1976. In 25% of these patients chlamydial infections could be detected. In women with acute salpingitis chlamydia were isolated in 36%.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013548:Sweden; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Sexuell übertragbare Erkrankungen: Die gegenwärtige Situatin in Schweden.