5. Investigate the etiology of sexually transmitted infections (stis) in male patients at Hanoi Medical University Hospital

Nguyen Hoai Bac, Tran Van Kien, Cao Thang Nguyen

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In order to provide data on clinical characteristics and the etiology of STIs at Hanoi Medical University Hospital, we conducted a retrospective observational study on 1251 men with confirmed STI. Our results showed that patients with STIs were predominantly in the 20 - 30 age group representing 41.6% of all patients. The subjects‘ major occupations were manual labour and services. Partners who transmit STIs were generally sex workers representing 69% and patients having homosexual intercourses took up 15.2%. 82.4% of the subjects did not use condoms when having sex with their partners and 71.8% of patients had oral sex. The most common symptoms were both dysuria and discharged from the urethra, which covered 32.1% of all subjects. About 14.6% of the patients presented with all 3 symptoms (penile pain, urethral discharge and dysuria) and only 14.7% of the patients were asymptomatic. The majority of patients was infected with Chlamydia, constituting 30.46%, followed by Gardnerella (20.14%), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (17.9%), Mycoplasma genitalium (15.03%) and Ureaplasma parvum (13.43%). 60.9% had multiple co-infection. Therefore, sex education and propaganda about safe sexual intercourse and faithfulness are very important to prevent and reduce the rate of sexually transmitted diseases.

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