Pharyngeal Chlamydia and gonorrhea: a hidden problem
| Autor: | Antonella Marangoni, Claudio Foschi, Melissa Salvo, Greta Roncarati, Maria Carla Re, Antonietta D'Antuono, Valeria Gaspari |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Gaspari V, Marangoni A, D'Antuono A, Roncarati G, Salvo M, Foschi C, Re MC |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Genotype Gonorrhea Chlamydia trachomatis Dermatology urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease_cause Polymerase Chain Reaction Chlamydia trachomati Internal medicine Epidemiology Prevalence Medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Homosexuality Male Chlamydia business.industry Lymphogranuloma venereum Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Rectum Chlamydia Infections Middle Aged medicine.disease Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infectious Diseases Italy Cohort Lymphogranuloma Venereum Pharynx epidemiology Female STI business pharyngeal infection |
| Zdroj: | International journal of STDAIDS. 30(8) |
| ISSN: | 1758-1052 |
| Popis: | In this study we assessed the prevalence and predictors of pharyngeal infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) in a cohort of patients attending an STI Clinic. From January 2016 to September 2018, 893 patients attending the STI Clinic of St Orsola-Malpighi Hospital (Bologna, Italy) and reporting unprotected oral sex were enrolled. A pharyngeal swab for the molecular detection of CT and NG was collected from each patient. Positive CT samples were further genotyped by an omp1 gene PCR. A total of 134 cases of gonorrhea (15%) and 34 chlamydial infections (3.8%) were detected in the pharyngeal site, with no significant differences between males (all men who have sex with men [MSM]) and females. More than 90% of the infections were completely asymptomatic, suggesting that symptoms were not predictors of a pharyngeal infection ( P = 0.7). On the contrary, a history of sexual contacts with a partner positive for CT and/or NG ( P |
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