在第三级医疗保健系统中对Mpox进行测试的患者之间同时进行性传播感染测试
Ahmad Mourad1, Naseem Alavian1, Edwin W Woodhouse1
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Open forum infectious diseases
|August 4, 2023
概括
与性传播感染 (STIs) 和mpox的同时感染是常见的. 大多数接受mopox测试的患者没有接受全面的性传播感染测试,缺少15%的并发性传播感染.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 与性传播感染 (STIs) 和mopox的同时感染构成了重大的公共卫生挑战.
- 对于有效的管理和预防来说,了解对mopox进行测试的个体中并发性传播感染的流行率至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估在杜克健康接受mpox测试的患者之间同时进行性传播感染 (STI) 测试的程度.
- 确定对mpox.x进行测试的患者诊断的并发性传播感染率.
主要方法:
- 在杜克健康医院对mpox进行测试的患者电子健康记录的回顾性分析.
- 评估与mopox测试同时订购的文档STI测试面板.
主要成果:
- 大多数接受mopox检测的患者没有接受全面的性传播疾病检测.
- 在接受了性病检测的患者中,15%的患者被诊断出同时发生的性病.
结论:
- 杜克健康大学目前的临床实践可能无法充分解决与mopox.com相关的共感染风险.
- 为改善患者的治疗结果和公共卫生监测,在对mopox进行测试的患者同时进行性传播感染查的增强方案是有必要的.
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