• 作者：Montserrat Calmet^a ; Rosa Juvé ; ^b ; Mireia Alberny^a ; Antonia Andreu^c ; Eva Loureiro^d ; ^e ; Lourdes Matas^e ; ^f ; ^g ; Anna Vilamala^h ; ⁱ ; Jordi Casabona^d ; ^e ; ^{jcb.ceescat.germanstrias@gencat.cat}
• 关键词：Pruebas diagn&oacute ; sticas ; Infecciones de transmisi&oacute ; n sexual ; Laboratorios ; Catalu&ntilde ; a
• 刊名：Gaceta Sanitaria
• 出版年：2009
• 期刊代码：pca166_02139111
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July-August 2009
• 卷：23
• 期：4
• 页码：348-350
• 文件大小：77 K

Objective

With the aim of describing both the capacity and organization of the laboratories in Catalonia to diagnose sexually transmitted infections, a cross-sectional study was performed between November 2005 and March 2006, which included 140 laboratories.

Results

Ninety-eight laboratories performed some STI tests, 45 received more than 50 vaginal swabs per month, 42 diagnosed Chlamydia trachomatis, but only six used polymerase chain reaction techniques. None diagnosed venereal lymphogranuloma. Eighty were able to detect Neisseria gonorrhoeae, 76 by means of culture and 63 analyzed its antibiotic resistance. A total of 23, 22, 22 and 14 laboratories received more than 500 blood samples for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV and syphilis, respectively. Non-treponemic and treponemic tests were available in 84 and 52 laboratories, respectively.

Conclusions

In Catalonia, most STIs can be diagnosed but new technologies need to be introduced. Moreover, the efficiency of biological sample circuits should be improved.