STDs in South Australia 2002

^* ^{Includes individuals whose HIV
infection may have been diagnosed interstate}

Clinic 275 - Summary statistics

Diagnoses (2004)	Male	Female	Total
No illness	2172	1601	3773
HIV	12	0	12
Gonorrhoea	67	8	75
Syphilis	11	3	14
Herpes	119	120	239
Chlamydia	331	218	548
NSU	91	na	91
Warts	1011	457	1468
Trichomoniasis	0	9	9
Candida vaginitis	na	235	235
Crabs	37	3	40
Scabies	7	1	8
Molluscum contagiosum	190	63	253
Bacterial vaginosis	na	229	229
Hepatitis B - acute	1	0	1
carrier	16	7	23
Hepatitis C - incident	3	2	5
- new	4	1	5
- known	32	26	58
Urethral irritation	185	na	185
Balanitis	202	na	202
Post coital contraception	na	201	201
Non STD illness	466	176	642
Other/uncertain	34	43	77
Clinic attendances	9602	6176	15778
Episodes of care	4695	3165	7860
Individual clients	3658	2488	6146
New registrations	1821	1408	3229

Figure 1.1 Distribution of illnesses detected in male and female clients at Clinic 275, 2004

South Australia - Overview

In 2004, 2425 cases of chlamydia, 371 cases of gonorrhoea and 14 cases of syphilis were detected in South Australia (Summary statistics).

In the same period, 54 individuals were notified with HIV infection and 10 individuals were notified with AIDS. Of the 11 deaths notified, 8 were attributed to an AIDS defining illness (Summary statistics).

During 2004, 797 medical notifications of hepatitis C infection included 63 incident cases (acquired in the previous 12 months). Hepatitis B medical notifications in 2004 included eight acute cases (Summary statistics).

Clinic 275

The most common infection diagnosed at Clinic 275 continues to be genital warts (22% male, 15% female) (Figure 1.1). Other common conditions in males were chlamydia (7%), balanitis (4%),urethral irritation (4%), NSU (2%), and genital herpes (2%). In females, conditions included bacterial vaginosis (7%), candida vaginitis (7%), chlamydia (7%) and genital herpes (4%). A high proportion of clients attending Clinic 275 had no illness (46% male, 51% female). Overall there were 15778 clinic attendances in 2004 (Summary statistics).

Clinic 275 followed up 409 cases of genital chlamydial infection. Contact tracing was effective in detecting 60 new cases of chlamydia among the contacts of males, and 51 cases in contacts of females. The yield of contacts per index case was 1.3 for both male and female cases (Table 1.2). Of 111 new infections detected, 105 (96%) individuals were examined within 14 days of being contacted (Table 1.3).

Clinic 275 followed up 48 cases of gonorrhoea. Five new cases were detected in contacts of males examined, while no new cases were detected among contacts of female cases (Table 1.2). Six contacts had been diagnosed prior to being located.

Table 1.1 Summary of diagnoses made on clients attending Clinic 275 during 2004.
Specific diagnoses by number of clients, episodes and sex.

Male episodes
Diagnosis	1	2	3	4	5+	*Total diagnoses
No illness	1675	195	26	8	-	2175
HIV	12	-	-	-	-	12
Gonorrhoea	59	4	-	-	-	67
Syphilis	11	-	-	-	-	11
Herpes	98	9	1	-	-	119
Chlamydia	299	13	2	-	-	331
NSU	86	1	1	-	-	91
Warts	533	138	43	9	7	1009
Trichomoniasis	-	-	-	-	-	-
Crabs	35	1	-	-	-	37
Scabies	7	-	-	-	-	7
Molluscum contagiosum	126	23	5	1	-	191
Urethral irritation	166	10	-	-	-	186
Balanitis	196	3	-	-	-	202
Non STD illness	428	16	2	-	-	466
Uncertain	30	-	-	-	-	30
Other	4	-	-	-	-	1
*Total	3765	356	81	22	9	4623
*Total male episodes 4695
Female episodes
Diagnosis	1	2	3	4	5+	Total diagnoses*
No illness	1278	129	14	6	-	1602
HIV	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gonorrhoea	8	-	-	-	-	8
Syphilis	3	-	-	-	-	3
Herpes	100	10	-	-	-	120
Chlamydia	207	6	-	-	-	219
Warts	255	53	23	5	3	465
Trichomoniasis	10	-	-	-	-	10
Candida vaginitis	217	9	-	-	-	235
Crabs	3	-	-	-	-	3
Scabies	1	-	-	-	-	1
Molluscum contagiosum	52	4	1	-	-	63
Bacterial vaginosis	176	24	2	-	-	230
Post coital contraception	165	15	2	-	-	201
Non STD illness	164	6	-	-	-	176
Uncertain	34	2	-	-	-	38
Other	5	-	-	-	-	5
*Total	2678	258	42	11	3	3617
*Total female episodes 3165
*Grand total episodes 7860

^{* since
an episode of care may result in multiple diagnoses, total diagnoses
exceed total episodes}

Table 1.2 Chlamydia and gonorrhoea contact tracing analysis - Clinic 275, 2004.
Cases by sex.

	Chlamydia				Gonorrhoea
	Male		Female		Male		Female
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Cases	227	56	182	44	42	88	6	12
Contacts
Elicited	301	133^#	329	131^#	47	111^#	5	83^#
Located	281		206		26		4
Locating index		93*		63*		53*		80*
Contacts infected
Existing	79		51		3		3
New cases	60		51		5		-

# Percentage compares the number of contacts elicited with number of index cases

* Percentage compares the number of contacts located with number of contacts elicited.

Table 1.3 New cases of chlamydial and gonococcal infection identified by Clinic 275, 2004.
Days taken to examine contacts, by sex of index case.

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Summary statistics of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in South Australia, 2004

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Clinic 275 - Summary statistics

South Australia - Overview

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