The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in adolescents is poorly documented, as published studies consider single diseases or subgroups of adolescents. To obtain a broader view we examined STDs in unselected adolescent boys and girls at two contrasting genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics, a large one at St Thomas's Hospital in inner London, which serves commuters and an inner city population, the other a smaller one at Swansea in south Wales, which serves a mixed urban and rural population. Contraception was also assessed in the girls. The STDs in adolescents were compared with the total diagnoses in patients of all ages attending the two GUM clinics, and with total diagnoses in all patients attending GUM clinics in England and Wales. The most striking finding was that all adolescents had at least one infection, whereas 18
作者:R N, Thin;J D, Whatley;A L, Blackwell
来源:Genitourinary medicine 1989 年 65卷 3期