Improving the Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Emergency Rooms

A point-of-care laboratory (POC) was set at North Hospital, Marseille, France for the diagnosis in less than two hours of sexually transmitted infections caused by known pathogens, close to the reception of Emergency service. In this instance 30% of patients have no etiological diagnosis after the POC sexually infection transmitted tests .

Most sexually transmitted infections can be diagnosed from an anal swab which is not routinely performed. In this study, we suggest to test the hypothesis that anal swab in addition to the routine genital swab would increase by at least 5% the diagnosis capacity of sexually transmitted infections after the POC tests.

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Key information

Conditions

Sexually Transmitted Infection Communicable Diseases Disease Attributes Genital Diseases Infections Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Sexually Transmitted Diseases Urogenital Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Marseille, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patient admitted for sexually transmitted infection in emergency room requiring a microbiological examination with a "Sexually Transmitted Infection POC kit"
Patient who freely signed the informed consent form
Patient affiliated to a social security regime

Exclusion criteria

Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Adult patient under guardianship
Patient deprived with liberty under court order
Patient refusing or unable to sign the informed consent form

Treatment and study plan

Anal swab

Other

Primary outcomes

Percentage of patients with a confirmed etiological diagnosis of sexually transmitted infection

Time frame: 1 day

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Aug 16, 2016
Registry last updated: Apr 21, 2023

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