STDs in South Australia 2002

† Newly diagnosed cases only.
* Includes individuals whose HIV infection may have been diagnosed interstate

Clinic 275 - Summary statistics

Diagnoses (2005)	Male	Female	Total
No illness	2405	1618	4023
HIV	8	1	9
Gonorrhoea	73	11	84
Syphilis	15	1	16
Herpes	142	129	271
Chlamydia	353	217	570
NSU	87	-	87
Warts	1022	482	1504
Trichomoniasis	3	12	15
Candida vaginitis	-	273	273
Crabs	36	4	40
Scabies	5	-	5
Molluscum contagiosum	206	74	280
Bacterial vaginitis	-	281	281
Hepatitis B – acute	0	0	0
carrier	28	12	40
Hepatitis C - incident	1	1	1
- new	11	5	16
- known	28	24	52
Urethral irritation	199	-	199
Balanitis	214	-	214
Post coital contraception	-	125	125
Non STD illness	478	190	668
Other/uncertain	45	27	72
Clinic attendances	10040	6339	16379
Episodes of care	5032	3209	8241
Individual clients	3892	2491	6383
New registrations	1943	1434	3377

Figure 1.1 Distribution of illnesses detected in male and female clients at Clinic 275, 2005.

South Australia - Overview

In 2005, 2701 cases of chlamydia, 400 cases of gonorrhoea and 13 cases of syphilis were detected in South Australia (Summary statistics).

In the same period, 51 individuals were notified with HIV infection and 7 individuals were notified with AIDS. Of the 6 deaths notified, 3 were attributed to an AIDS defining illness (Summary statistics).

During 2005, 750 medical notifications of hepatitis C infection included 49 incident cases (acquired in the previous 12 months). Hepatitis B medical notifications in 2005 included 8 acute cases (Summary statistics).

Clinic 275

The most common infection diagnosed at Clinic 275 continues to be genital warts (20% male, 15% female (Figure 1.1). Other common conditions in males were chlamydia (7%), balanitis (4%), urethral irritation (4%), NSU (2%), and genital herpes (3%). In females, conditions included bacterial vaginosis (9%), candida vaginitis (9%), chlamydia (7%) and genital herpes (4%). A high proportion of clients attending Clinic 275 had no illness (48% male, 60% female). Overall there were 16379 clinic attendances in 2005 (Summary statistics).

Clinic 275 followed up 398 cases of genital chlamydial infection. Contact tracing was effective in detecting 51 new cases of chlamydia among the contacts of males, and 56 cases in contacts of females. The yield of contacts per index case was 1.6 for male cases and 1.7 for female cases (Table 1.2). Of 107 new infections detected, 89 (83%) individuals were examined within 14 days of being contacted (Table 1.3).

Clinic 275 followed up 50 cases of gonorrhoea. Nine new cases were detected in contacts of males examined, while no new cases were detected among contacts of female cases (Table 1.2). A further nine contacts had been diagnosed positive prior to being located.

Table 1.1 Summary of diagnoses made on clients attending Clinic 275 during 2005.
Specific diagnoses by number of clients, episodes and sex.

Male episodes
Diagnosis	1	2	3	4	>5	*Total diagnoses
No illness	1826	219	32	5	5	2405
HIV	8	-	-	-	-	8
Gonorrhoea	69	2	-	-	-	73
Syphilis	15	-	-	-	-	15
Herpes	132	5	-	-	-	142
Chlamydia	338	6	1	-	-	353
NSU	75	6	-	-	-	87
Warts	532	131	46	12	8	1022
Trichomoniasis	3	-	-	-	-	3
Crabs	30	3	-	-	-	36
Scabies	5	-	-	-	-	5
Molluscum contagiosum	159	19	3	-	-	206
Urethral irritation	192	2	1	-	-	199
Balanitis	201	5	1	-	-	214
Non STD illness	425	25	1	-	-	476
Uncertain	42	1	-	-	-	44
Other	1	-	-	-	-	1
*Total	4053	424	85	17	13	5289
*Total male episodes 5032
Female episodes
Diagnosis	1	2	3	4	>5	Total diagnoses*
No illness	1255	141	23	3	-	1618
HIV	1	-	-	-	-	1
Gonorrhoea	11	-	-	-	-	11
Syphilis	1	-	-	-	-	1
Herpes	115	7	-	-	-	129
Chlamydia	204	5	1	-	-	217
Warts	244	72	18	5	4	482
Trichomoniasis	12	-	-	-	-	12
Candida vaginitis	259	7	-	-	-	273
Crabs	4	-	-	-	-	4
Scabies	-	-	-	-	-	-
Molluscum contagiosum	58	5	2	-	-	74
Bacterial vaginosis	241	14	4	-	-	281
Post coital contraception	92	9	3	-	1	125
Non STD illness	184	3	-	-	-	190
Uncertain	25	-	-	-	-	25
Other	2	-	-	-	-	2
*Total	2708	263	51	8	5	3445
*Total female episodes 3209
*Grand total episodes 8241

^{* 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, 2005.
Cases by sex.

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

* Locating index 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, 2005.
Days taken to examine contacts, by sex of index case.

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