Chikwem J O, Mohammed I, Bwala H G, Ola T O
Department of Microbiology, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
Trop Geogr Med. 1990 Jan;42(1):17-21.
Results of a study to determine if patients attending sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinics are at high risk to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are presented. The 206 patients who attended the STD clinic at the Maiduguri General Hospital consisted of 200 males and 6 females, most of whom were aged between 20 and 29 years and were single. Only one of the 206 serum samples (0.49%) was confirmed seropositive for HIV-1 antibodies. However, cultures from 143 of 174 swabs taken from the subjects yielded significant growth of which Staphylococcus aureus was the predominant isolate followed by Neisseria gonorrhoea. Antibodies to Treponema pallidum were also detected in 3.9% of the serum samples. This study shows that HIV-1 infection is relatively rare in Borno state of Nigeria. In spite of this, a well-planned health education campaign for STD patients is indicated if HIV infection is to be effectively controlled.
本文呈现了一项关于就诊于性传播疾病（STD）诊所的患者是否存在人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染高风险的研究结果。在迈杜古里综合医院STD诊所就诊的206名患者中，有200名男性和6名女性，他们大多年龄在20至29岁之间，且均为单身。206份血清样本中仅有1份（0.49%）被确认为HIV-1抗体血清学阳性。然而，从174名受试者采集的拭子样本中有143份培养出大量细菌，其中金黄色葡萄球菌是主要分离菌株，其次是淋病奈瑟菌。在3.9%的血清样本中还检测到梅毒螺旋体抗体。该研究表明，在尼日利亚博尔诺州，HIV-1感染相对罕见。尽管如此，若要有效控制HIV感染，仍需为STD患者开展精心规划的健康教育活动。
