Introduction of a nurse-led sexual health service for HIV-positive men.
A nurse-led clinic offering screening for sexual infections to men within an existing HIV outpatient service was created. A retrospective case-note review was undertaken of those having a sexual health (SH) screen between May and December 2007. A total of 125 men had an SH screen, 117 identified as men who have sex with men and 84 were asymptomatic. Six (7%) asymptomatic men had chlamydial and two (2%) had gonococcal infection. Six new diagnoses of syphilis and two of hepatitis C virus infection were made. We suggest that introducing a nurse-led clinic offering SH screening within HIV services has helped to achieve national standards and improved the SH of our patients.
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Department of Infection and Immunology, Andrewes Outpatients, St Bartholomews' Hospital, London EC1A, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae; D009726:Nurses; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control