Diagnosis and management of gonorrhoea and syphilis

181 p.
ill.
SCIENTIFIC REPORT 14 -- 1 INTRODUCTION .14 -- 1.1 BACKGROUND 14 -- Etiology, transmission, clinical features and epidemiological trends .14 -- Notification of infectious diseases in Belgium . 21 -- 1.2 THE NEED FOR A NATIONAL GUIDELINE .22 -- 1.3 SCOPE .23 -- 1.4 REMIT OF THE GUIDELINE .24 -- Overall objectives .24 -- Patient-centred care 24 -- Policy relevance and target users of the guideline .24 -- 1.5 STATEMENT OF INTENT 25 -- 1.6 FUNDING AND DECLARATION OF INTEREST 25 -- 2 METHODOLOGY 26 -- 2.1 THE GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT GROUP 26 -- 2.2 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION .26 -- 2.3 GENERAL APPROACH AND CLINICAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS 26 -- General approach 26 -- Research questions 28 -- 2.4 SEARCH FOR GUIDELINES AND QUALITY APPRAISAL 34 -- Databases and date limits 34 -- Search strategy 34 -- Quality appraisal 36 -- 2.5 ADDITIONAL LITERATURE SEARCH: DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR GONORRHOEA 36 -- Diagnostic tests of choice for diagnosis of gonorrhoea in primary care 36 -- Quality appraisal 37 -- 2.6 ADDITIONAL LITERATURE SEARCH: TREATMENT FOR GONORRHOEA 38 -- Treatment for gonorrhoea in primary care 38 -- Quality appraisal 39 -- 2.7 ADDITIONAL LITERATURE SEARCH: DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR SYPHILIS 39 -- Search strategy .39 -- Quality appraisal 40 -- 2.8 ADDITIONAL LITERATURE SEARCH: TREATMENT FOR SYPHILIS .40 -- Treatment for syphilis in primary care 40 -- Quality appraisal 42 -- 2.9 DATA EXTRACTION .43 -- 2.10 STATISTICAL ANALYSES .43 -- 2.11 GRADING EVIDENCE .44 -- 2.12 FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS 47 -- 2.13 EXTERNAL REVIEW 49 -- 2.14 FINAL VALIDATION 50 -- 3 CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS 51 -- 3.1 ASSESSMENT OF RISK FOR GONORRHOEA 51 -- 3.2 DIAGNOSIS OF GONORRHOEA 52 -- Recommendations from international guidelines .53 -- Additional literature search: Diagnosis of gonorrhoea 56 -- Recommendations: Who to test for gonorrhoea 76 -- Recommendations: Diagnostic tests for gonorrhoea in men .77 -- Recommendations: Diagnostic tests for gonorrhoea in women 78 -- Diagnosis of gonorrhoea: Good pra