小倉診療所（徳島市）における性感染症の現況

A survey on sexually transmitted diseases was conducted in Ogura Shinryosho Clinic in Tokushima city in Japan from April２０００through March２００５．
１．A total number of 2,170 outpatients（7-89,mean 34.6 years）visited during the 5 years. Men were over 8.4 times compared to women.
２．The number of patients was least in 2001.
３．According to the seasons, the number of patients in summer time was highest.
４．Considering the age, patients in there 20’ s were the highest while senior patients were tended to decrease.
５．Infection rates of genital chlamydia, gonococcal infection, syphilis and genital herpes were 15.9%, 5.3%, 2.8% and 23.5%, respectively. The double infection rate was 5.3% and the triple infection rate was 0.3%.
６．Chlamydial infection rate was 29.1% in 2000, 12.3% in 2001, 13.9% in 2002, 11.4% in 2003 and 12.7% in 2004.
Chlamydial infection rate reduced to about 50% but gonococcal infection gradually increased year by year. The gonococcal infection rates were 1.4% in 2000, 6.0% in 2001, 5.6% in 2002, 7.2% in 2003 and 6.1% in 2004. Incidence of syphilis was low and stable throughout the 5 years. Infection rates of genital herpes were 6.0% in 2000, 12.7% in 2001, 21.7% in 2002, 33.8% in 2003 and 37.2% in 2004.

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