tetracycline and Condylomata-Acuminata

A case of an HIV positive man with multiple sexually acquired disease occurring concurrently is described. Risk behaviours that could have predisposed him to HIV infection are discussed. The factors which might have interacted to make the sexually acquired infections severe and difficult to treat are postulated.. The case of an HIV-seropositive man with gonorrhea, syphilis, genital warts, and chancroid is described. Multiple sexual partners, genital ulcer diseases, and lack of circumcision may have predisposed him to HIV infection. As indicated by his CD4/CD8 ratio of 0.5, his immunological status was not very compromised. Other factors were therefore probably behind these multiple sexually transmitted diseases (STD). This 30-year old man was inadequately treated for a long time for urethral discharge and genital ulcer disease, and ultimately collapsed on the job with a comprised central nervous system. Bacterial infection related to the multiple STDs could certainly have caused this collapse. The time demands of this man's work, the lack of medical facilities to diagnose and treat such conditions, his unprotected sexual behavior with multiple partners, and broader socioeconomic conditions which separate wage- earning males from their families in Africa conspire to produce multiply-afflicted cases such as these.

Topics: Adult; Anti-Infective Agents; Chancroid; Ciprofloxacin; Condylomata Acuminata; Gonorrhea; HIV Seropositivity; Humans; Injections, Intravenous; Kenya; Male; Risk Factors; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Syphilis; Tetracycline

A case of Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome caused by chlamydia is described in which the perihepatic and abdominal swelling also extended to the right perirenal tissue. The case was diagnosed on the basis of the clinical picture, the behaviour of anti-chlamydia serum antibodies, abdominal echography and laparoscopy. The infection was quickly cured by the administration of tetracycline.

Topics: Adult; Chlamydia Infections; Condylomata Acuminata; Female; Hepatitis; Hepatitis, Chronic; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Salpingitis; Syndrome; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Vaginal Neoplasms

Topics: Amphotericin B; Chlamydia Infections; Chloramphenicol; Condylomata Acuminata; Female; gamma-Globulins; Genital Diseases, Female; Genital Diseases, Male; Herpes Zoster; Humans; Immunoglobulins; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; Male; Molluscum Contagiosum; Mumps; Mycoplasma Infections; Orchitis; Podophyllin; Tetracycline; Vaccination; Vaccinia; Virus Diseases

Topics: Chlortetracycline; Condylomata Acuminata; Female; Genital Diseases, Male; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Humans; Male; Tetracycline; Vitamin A