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GENT TOURINARY MEDICINE VOLUME 68 1992 Editor: A Mindel President MSSVD: J R W Harris Hon Sec MSSVD: T McManus Assistant Editor: C A Carne Assistant Editor, Abstracts: C Sonnex G Bird F Judson P Piot H zur Hausen D A Cooper CJ WN Lacey M Stanley L Corey J MA Lange D Taylor-Robinson Editor R A Coutinho A G Lawrence IV D Weller British Medical Journal B A Evans A Méheus L Westrém J S Greenspan A R Moss H Young Technical Editor: D J Jeffries R S Pattman A J Zuckerman Kenneth Till BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TAVISTOCK SQUARE LONDON WCI1H 9JR VOLUME 68 - CONTENTS No 1 FEBRUARY 1992 Page Editorial ‘ 1 Improvements in design and substance A Mindel Papers ‘ Sexually transmitted diseases in children: [Introduction S$ Estreich, G E Forster Pre-HIV antibody testing—too much fuss?, Riva Miller, Robert Bor Clinico-pathological conference Fulminarit bronchopulmonary Kaposi’s sarcoma P French, M A Johnson, L Michaels, R F Miller A serovar analysis of heterosexual gonorrhoea in Edinburgh 1986-90 H Young, A Moyes, J Ross, A McMillan The influence of different sera on the’in vitro immobilisation of Percoll purified Treponema pallidum, Nichols strain H JH Engelkens, M Kant, P C Onvlee, E Stolz, J J van der Sluis Sexual behaviour among youth clinic visitors in Sweden: knowledge and experiences in an HIV perspective Elisabeth Persson, Gunilla Jarlbro Safe sex and women __ LL Sherr, C Strong Treatment of vaginal candidosis: A comparative study of the efficacy and acceptability of itraconazole and clotrimazole JM Tobin, P Loo, S E Granger es, Urogenital tract infections in pregnancy at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa =M Dietrich, A A Hoosen, J Moodley, S Moodley Cavitating pulmonary cryptococcosis developing in an HIV antibody patient despite prior treatment with fluconazole RJ Coker, D Bell, B S Peters, SM Murphy Mycobacterium gordonae genitourinary disease L N Jarikre Granuloma annulare of the penis +R J Hillman, S Waldron, M M Walker, J R W Harris Laboratory techniques in the investigation of human papillomavirus infection Ethel-Michele de Villiers Laboratory techniques in the investigation of toxoplasmosis K F Barker, R E Holliman Letters to the Editor Syphilis prevalence is rapidly decreasing in South Korea JB Lee, S W Byeon, K Y Chung, M G Lee, K K Whang Cytomegalovirus and AIDS JK Evans, A Scoular, R F Miller Oral sex and recurrent vulvo-vaginal candidiasis A R Markos, A A H Wade, M Walzman Cervical cytology in prostitutes of Bombay (India) |B apurao N Mali, Jayashree V Joshi, Geeta G Bhave, Usha D Wagle Antibiotic prophylaxis for cold coagulation of the cervix? DJ White, R Malet, I H Ahmed-Jushuf Miscellanea Matters Arising - Notices - Book Reviews Current Publications No 2 APRIL 1992 Papers Clinico-pathological conference Disseminated cytomegalovirus infection A Grant, C Sargent, 1 V D Weller, F Scaravilli, L Michaels, R F Miller Sexually transmitted diseases in children: human papillomavirus infection J D Oriel Seamen’s dispensary, Liverpool 1924-1991 OP Arya, J B Plumb The acetic acid test in evaluation of subclinical genital papillomavirus infection: A comparative study on penoscopy, histopathology, virology and scanning electron microscopy findings A Wikstrém, M-A Hedblad, B Johansson, M Kalantari, S Syrjdnen, M Lindberg, G von Krogh A placebo controlled observer blind immunocytochemical and histologic study of epithelium adjacent to anogenital warts in patients treated with systemic interferon alpha in combination with cryotherapy or cryotherapy alone J M Handley, R D Maw, T Horner, H Lawther, M Walsh, W W Dinsmore Molecular typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by restriction fragment length polymorphisms CL Poh, H P Khng, C K Lim, G K Loh Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Zaire: high level plasmid-mediated tetracycline resistance in Central Africa E Van Dyck, R Rossau, M Duhamel, F Behets, M Laga, M Nzila, S Bygdeman, H Van Heuverswijn, P Piot HIV prevalence in patients with sexually transmitted diseases in Yaounde, (Cameroon) in 1989 and 1990: necessity ofan STD control programme L Zekeng, D Yanga, A Trebucq, D Sokal, R Salla, L Kaptue VDRL titres in early syphilis before and after treatment S Talwar, M A Tutakne, V D Tiwari Review Sexually transmitted hepatitis: a review RJ C Gilson Laboratory techniques in the investigation of chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum and donovanosis Eddy van Dyck, Peter Piot Bacterial vaginosis: A diagnostic approach C S F Easmon, P E Hay, C A Ison Conference report Seventh IUVDT Regional Conference on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Kuala Lumpur, 5-7 September 1991 A J Robinson, M A Waugh Letters to the Editor Materno-fetal transmission of syphilis in Mozambican parturients S Bergstrém, B Hederstedt False positive reactions occurring with the Captia Syphilis-G EIA, in sera from patients with Lyme disease J C Lefevre, M A Bertrand, R Bauriaud, M B Lareng HIV-1 and HIV-2 in Spain R Savall, X Balanz6, J L Fernandez, F Valls, V Soriano Miscellanea Matters Arising - Notices Current Publications No 3 JUNE 1992 Editorial Resuscitation in HIV MCI Lipman, M A Johnson Papers Clinico-pathological conference Intensive care for advanced HIV disease A deRuiter, A Webb, A Mindel, F Scaravilli, L Michaels, R F Miller Bullous impetigo in homosexual men—a risk marker for HIV-1 infection? Basil Donovan, Richard Rohrsheim, Ingrid Bassett, Brian P Mulhall Lidocaine/prilocaine cream (EMLA(R)) versus infiltration anaesthesia: a comparison of the analgesic efficacy for punch biopsy and electrocoagulation of genital warts in men Gerdien M v d Berg, Stefan Lillieborg, Ernst Stolz Penile dermatoses: a clinical and histopathological study RJ Hillman, M M Walker, J R W Harris, D Taylor-Robinson Genomic fingerprinting of penicillinase-producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Valencia, Spain M A Dasi, J M Nogueira, J J Camarena, C Gil, R Garcia-Verdu, J L Barbera, J Barbera The value of treating the sexual partners of women with recurrent vaginal candidiasis with ketoconazole Ignatius W Fong Lichen sclerosus and acute urinary obstruction Janet Hawkswell, Mayura Nathan Chronic microsporidian infection of the nasal mucosae, sinuses and conjunctivae in HIV disease CJ WN Lacey, AMT Clarke, P Fraser, T Metcalfe, G Bonsor, A Curry Vulval ulceration associated with foscarnet H B Lacey, A Ness, B K Mandal Laboratory Techniques Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection: a review Deenan Pillay, Paul D Griffiths Conference Report The International Society for STD Research Ninth International Meeting, Banff, Canada, October 1991 PD French, R J C Gilson Letters to the Editor CMV polyradiculopathy in AIDS—suggestions for new strategies in treatment Hadi Manji, Adam Malin, Sean Connolly National STD trends in Zambia: 1987-89 Patrick Matondo Sexually transmitted infections in selected high risk populations in Cameroon PM Ndumbe, E Watonsi, P Nyambi, P Mbaya, D Yanga Carriage of Chlamydia trachomatis by elderly people B Chattopadhyay Annular lesions in congenital syphilis U S Agarwal, S Malpani, N K Mathur Antitrichomonal (cross) immunity as an important factor in vulvar vestibulitis syndrome pathogenesis § Krvavac Large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) or loop diathermy D A Hicks Sexually transmitted disease (STD) control RS Morton, G R Kinghorn 1991 Survey of cervical cytology in English genitourinary medicine clinics R Malet, S M Young Miscellanea Matters Arising Current Publications No 4 AUGUST 1992 Editorials Clinical audit in genitourinary medicine ““Why, Who, What, How and When?” Danielle Mercey “The health of the nation’: a challenge for genitourinary medicine A Scoular, M W Adler Papers Chlamydia trachomatis and oral contraceptive use: a quantitative review J Cottingham, D Hunter Factors associated with genital chlamydial and gonococcal infection in females Gavin Hart Seroepidemiological and socioeconomic studies of genital chlamydial infection in Ethiopian women M E Duncan, Y Jamil, G Tibaux, A Pelzer, L Mehari, S Darougar Prevalence of genital human papillomavirus infection in Wellington women Gail E Meekin, Margaret J Sparrow, Rosemary J Fenwicke, Martin Tobias Incorporating patients’ views in planning services for women with HIV infection PD Kell, S E Barton, F C Boag Clinico-pathological Conference: AIDS related primary intrathoracic lymphoma ___C P Cottrill, J Moxham, A P Gallimore, Margaret F Spittle, L Michaels, R F Miller Teenagers and the risks of sexually transmitted diseases: a need for the provision of balanced information Alex Mellanby, Fran Phelps, Clive Lawrence, John H Tripp Sexual behaviour in Zulu men and women with genital ulcer disease N O’Farrell, A A Hoosen, K D Coetzee, J van den Ende IgM rheumatoid factor removal and performance of the FTA-ABS (IgM) test in congenital syphilis M P Meyer, D Roditi, S Louw Transmission of HIV-1 infection by oroanal intercourse SK Gill, C Loveday, R J C Gilson Concurrent salmonellosis and histoplasmosis in AIDS: an unusual co-existence in Britain S Crowley, R J Coker, S M Murphy Perfloxacin and ciprofloxacin in the treatment of uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis in males L L Cheong, R K W Chan, M Nadarajah Laboratory Techniques Laboratory techniques in the diagnosis and assessment of hepatitis B virus infection JJ Gray, TG Wreghitt A serological test for granuloma inguinale A L Freinkel, Y Dangor, H J Koornhof, R C Ballard Letters to the Editor Multifocal bone tuberculosis in one AIDS patient V Soriano, J Tor Terminology in cervical cytology/cervical histopathology TR Moss Treatment failure using double dose ciprofloxacin in a case of highly resistant gonorrhoea C O’Mahony, D Timmins HIV testing in genitourinary medicine—sustained increased demand in 1991 N J James, P A Gilles, C J Bignell In search of an optimum method for the sterilisation of a cryoprobe in a sexually transmissible diseases clinic DT P Evans Miscellanea Matters arising - Notices Current publications No 5 OCTOBER 1992 STDs in children Sexually transmitted diseases in children; HIV infection Jacqueline Y Q Mok Papers Criteria for early congenital syphilis—a perspective from Africa M P Meyer Factors associated with pediculosis pubis and scabies Gavin Hart Sexual behaviour of women attending an inner-city STD clinic before and after a general campaign for safer sex in Denmark Frederik de Fine Olivarius, Anne-Marie Worm, Carsten Sand Petersen, Susanne Kroon, Elsebeth Lynge A colposcopic case-control study of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in women with anogenital warts B A Evans, R A Bond, K D MacRae The association between sexually transmitted diseases and inflammatory cervical cytology Caroline Dimian, Maria Nayagam, Caroline Bradbeer The management of subclinical wart virus infection of the cervix in a genitourinary clinic K E Rogstad, C A Dixon, I H Ahmed HIV infection among heterosexual travellers attending the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London Sarah Hawkes, Adam Malin, Trish Araru, David Mabey Acyclovir vs isoprinosine (immunovir) for suppression of recurrent genital herpes simplex infection G R Kinghorn, P D Woolley, R N T Thin, J De Maubeuge, J M Foidart, R Engst Comparison of fleroxacin and penicillin G plus probenecid in the treatment of acute uncomplicated gonococcal infections A Lassus, L Abath Filho, M F Queiros Santos Junior, L Belli Antibiotic susceptibilities, serotypes and auxotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in New Zealand M S ¥ Brett, H G D Davies, J R Blockley, H M Heffernan A double blind study of single dose azithromycin and doxycycline in the treatment of chlamydial urethritis in males A Nilsen, A Halsos, A Johansen, E Hansen, E Torud, D Moseng, G Anestad, G Storvold A clinical evaluation of trichomoniasis in San Jose, Costa Rica using the InPouch TV test K A Borchardt, V Hernandez, S Miller, K Loaiciga, L Cruz, S Naranjo, N Maida A case report of lymphangioma circumscriptum of the vulva S Murugan, G Srinivasan, M C A Kaleelullah, Lewellyn Rajkumar Amyloid tumour of the urethra presenting as non-specific urethritis Olwen E Williams, Howard Kynaston, Glen Dixon, O P Arya An unusual foreign body in the preputial sac A K Jaiswal Laboratory technique Laboratory investigation of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia JM W Chatterton, D O Ho Yen Letters to the Editor Hepatitis-B virus infection in sexually transmitted disease clinic attenders in an African city (Jos, Nigeria) CS S Bello, S O Opajobi, S N Okolo, R S Olarewaju, L O Idoko Malignant syphilis in a teenage girl Jeyakumar Williams An increase in pharyngeal gonorrhoea: cause for concern regarding HIV infection A Wardropper, R S Pattman Screening for asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis infection in adolescent men by examination of voided urine I Mares, O Jarnmark, B Kandell, M-B Ekegren, L Svensson, B Vilhelmsson, L Forsman Determinants of hepatitis B virus surface antigen positivity in adults attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in Italy Fabio Parazzini, Luca Cavalieri D’Oro, Cosetta Bianchi, Carmela Mezzanotte, Luigi Naldi, Gian Lorenzo Imberti, Bruno Pansera, Tullio Cainelli, Anna Carlino, Severo Graefemberghi Emerging incidence of vulval intraepithelial neoplasia in young women with genital warts A H De Silva, S Sivapalan, V Harindra, R Basu Roy Prodromal symptoms in genital herpes simplex infection John L Brooks, Serena Haywood, John Green Current publications No 6 DECEMBER 1992 Papers Decreasing incidence of PID in Amsterdam R A Coutinho, A J Rijsdijk, J A R van den Hoek, A Leentvaar-Kuijpers The dominance of a multiresistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae among prostitutes and STD patients in The Gambia C A Ison, J Pepin, N S Roope, E Demba, O Secka, C S F Easmon The value of urine specimens in screening for male urethritis and its microbial aetiologies in Tanzania P Mayaud, J Changalucha, H Grosskurth,G Ka-Gina, J Rugemalila, J Nduba, J Newell, R Hayes, D Mabey Trends in reported cases of donovanosis in Durban, South Africa Nigel O’Farrell Detection of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA by PCR and other conventional hybridisation techniques in male partners of women with abnormal Papanicolaou smears SN Tabrizi, J Tan, M Quinn, A J Borg, S M Garland The value of chronic suppressive therapy with itraconazole versus clotrimazole in women with recurrent vaginal candidiasis JW Fong Unique patterns of bereavement in HIV: implications for counselling L Sherr, B Hedge, K Steinhart, T Davey, J Petrack Social care services for patients with HIV at a London teaching hospital; an evaluation Robert Bor, Jonathan Elford, Derval Murray, Heather Salt, John Tilling, Riva Miller, Margaret Johnson A women-only clinic for HIV, genitourinary medicine and substance misuse GA McCarthy, A P Cockell, P D Kell, A S Beevor, F C Boag Auditing AIDS reporting. Experience from a central London district 1982-1991 I G Williams, C Shergold, B Evans, M Beecham, R Miller, A M Johnson Determinants of sexual habits in Italian females Fabio Parazzini, Luca Cavalieri d’Oro, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia Mechanical urethritis and ascendent genitourinary infections due to sexual stimulation of the urethra by inserted foreign bodies J Péé, § Straka, F Novomesky, J Kliment, M Péé, Z Lazarova Fourniers gangrene following hyfrecation in a male infected with the human immunodeficiency virus M R Nelson, J Cartledge, S E Barton, B G Gazzard Staghorn caiculus presenting as sterile pyuria D Rowen, C A Carne, C Sonnex Clinico-pathological conference Non-tuberculous cavitary disease in a West African man with AIDS DC W Mabey, S B Lucas, R F Miller Laboratory techniques Laboratory techniques in the investigation of fungal infections RJ Hay Laboratory techniques in the diagnosis of syphilis: a review J J van der Sluis Personal view On syphilis and the ear—an otologist’s view Andrew W Morrison Letters to the Editor Children seen by Leicester Genitourinary Medicine Physicians 1988-1990 S M Young, F E A Keane Addressing the psychosocial needs of genital herpes sufferers GR Kinghorn Aphthous ulcers in HIV-infected patients: treatment with thalidomide S Strazzi, C Lebbe, C Geoffray, Glynis Ablon, P Morel, O Verola, J M Molina HIV infection and menstrual abnormalities PN Shah, J R Smith, G M Iatrakis, P D Keil, S E Barton, V S Kitchen Miscellanea Assessors for 1992 Book reviews - Video review - Notice - Corrections Indexes to Vol 68 1992 Contents Index