Sexually transmitted diseases in females in a juvenile detention center.

Abstract

Of 37 female adolescent prostitutes and 63 other females held in the King County, Washington, juvenile detention facility, 81 (81%) complained of vaginal discharge, and only eight (8%) had no genitourinary symptoms. The prevalence of genital infections among prostitutes and nonprostitutes was similar. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was found in 18 (18%) of 98 detainees tested, and Chlamydia trachomatis was found in 17 (20%) of 86 detainees tested; either organism was found in 27 (32%) of 85 tested for both organisms. Also, 38 (48%) of 80 tested had trichomoniasis. No detainees had syphilis. Sixty-seven (68%) of 98 responding detainees used no contraception. Such populations deserve the attention of public programs for control of sexually transmitted diseases and for family planning.

• Authors: T A Bell, J A Farrow, W E Stamm, C W Critchlow, K K Holmes
• Journal: Sexually transmitted diseases (Sex Transm Dis) Vol. 12 Issue 3 Pg. 140-4 ( 1985) ISSN: 0148-5717 [Print] United States
• PMID: 3929406 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Child
• Chlamydia Infections (epidemiology)
• Chlamydia trachomatis (isolation & purification)
• Contraception
• Female
• Gonorrhea (epidemiology)
• Humans
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae (isolation & purification)
• Prisoners
• Sex Work
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (epidemiology)
• Trichomonas Infections (epidemiology)
• Trichomonas vaginalis
• Washington