ArticleGhana medical journal2016
Bacterial etiology of sexually transmitted infections at a STI clinic in Ghana; use of multiplex real time PCR.
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- Sexually transmitted infections in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Global mapping of sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
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- Developing and validating a risk algorithm to diagnose Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in symptomatic Rwandan women.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Current and Future Trends in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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- DetectingJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2019Article
- Risk factors associated with gonorrhea and chlamydia transmission in selected health facilities in Ghana.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Gonococcal sepsis in a 32-year-old female: a case report.BMC research notes · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost sexually transmitted infection (STI) management efforts focus on the syndromic approach to diagnose and treat patients. However, most women with STIs have been shown to be entirely asymptomatic, or if symptoms exist, are often missed when either clinical or conventional bacteriologic diagnostic tools are employed.
methodsWe assessed the performance of a multiplex real time PCR assay to describe other potential pathogens that could be missed by conventional bacteriological techniques in 200 women attending a routine STI clinic in Kumasi, Ghana.
resultsAlthough a total 78.00% of the women were asymptomatic, 77.1% of them tested positive for at least one bacterial STI pathogen.
conclusionsOur study confirmed the importance of complementing the syndromic approach to STI management with pathogen detection and most importantly recognise that STIs in women are asymptomatic and regular empirical testing even for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients is critical for complete clinical treatment.
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