title: High Rates of STIs in HIV-Infected Patients Attending an STI Clinic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the rates and types of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attending a public STI clinic in Miami, Florida as compared with HIV-uninfected patients attending the same clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective review of medical records of individuals attending the Miami-Dade County Health Department STI clinic from March 2012 to May 2012. Demographic and clinical information was abstracted and transferred to an electronic database. Consecutive age-matched HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients were identified during the study period. Demographics, risk factors, and history and rates of STIs for HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients and for those with newly diagnosed and previously diagnosed HIV infection were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 175 medical records were reviewed (89 HIV-infected patients and 86 HIV-uninfected patients). The median age was 37 years. A history of STIs, including syphilis, was more common in HIV-infected than in HIV-uninfected patients. Individuals with a prior diagnosis of HIV were more likely to be older (older than 37 years of age, χ(2) = 15.3, P < 0.01), male (χ(2) = 4.74, P = 0.05), to have a new STI (χ(2) = 5.83, P = 0.01), to have a new diagnosis of syphilis (χ(2) = 5.15, P = 0.01), and to be under medical care (χ(2) = 31.19, P < 0.001) than those newly diagnosed as having HIV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HIV-infected individuals who attended this urban STI clinic had high rates of new and past STIs, suggesting the persistence of high-risk sexual behaviors. STI clinics could be a premier site to identify individuals with HIV and high-risk sexual behaviors who could benefit from additional targeted interventions.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Jose G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Alcaide
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060085:Coinfection; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications; D047568:Unsafe Sex; D014505:Urban Population