title: [Application value of Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling in dermatology].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the clinical application value of Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) by analyzing the positive rate of HIV tests for people in need of PITC and that of routine HIV tests.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed the demographic and epidemiologic data about the patients seeking PITC services or undergoing routine HIV tests in Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital between January and December 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The positive rate of initial HIV screening was 1.98% in the PITC group and 0.24% in the routine test group, while that of confirmed HIV was 0. 40% in the former and 0.07% in the latter, both with statistically significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.01). The positive rate of HIV was markedly higher in males than in females, particularly in the PITC group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PITC has a high clinical value in HIV detection for targeted subjects and therefore deserves general application in dermatology.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Yue-xin
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhi-yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen-jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Zhi-xia
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D003880:Dermatology; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors