title: Incidence of concurrent sexually transmitted infections in patients with genital warts.
abstract: A case-note audit of patients presenting to a genitourinary (GU) medicine clinic with external genital warts during a six-month period was conducted. Approximately 40% of patients were referred by a general practitioner or other primary care agency, and >50% were suitable for home-based treatment. Overall incidence of co-existing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the study population was 14.0%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis found that age<25 years and presence of other genital symptoms were risk factors for co-existing STIs. All patients with a non-chlamydial STI had genital symptoms. We recommend that patients with uncomplicated genital warts and no additional genital symptoms can be treated in primary care, with chlamydia-screening offered to those aged<25 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: W-H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahmed-Jushuf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008485:Medical Audit; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology