Abstract | OBJECTIVES: This study of young black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) assessed the prevalence of extragenital chlamydia and gonorrhea among those testing negative for urethral infections, and compared prevalence of both by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status. METHODS: A convenience sample of 609 YBMSM was recruited for a cross-sectional study from 2 sexual health clinics located in Jackson, MS. To detect Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), nucleic acid amplification testing was performed on urine, rectal swabs, and oral swabs. OraSure was used to detect HIV. RESULTS: Seventy-three percent of all chlamydia infections and 77% of gonorrhea infections were found from anal and oral swabs in the absence of urethral positivity. Compared with HIV-uninfected men, HIV-infected men were significantly more likely to have pharyngeal chlamydia (P = 0.03), multiple CT infections (P = 0.02), rectal NG (P < 0.001), multiple NG infections (P = 0.04), both CT/NG rectal infections (P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Leandro Mena, Richard A Crosby, Nicholas Chamberlain |
Journal | Sexually transmitted diseases
(Sex Transm Dis)
Vol. 45
Issue 5
Pg. 307-311
(05 2018)
ISSN: 1537-4521 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 29465695
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Black or African American
- Chlamydia Infections
(diagnosis, ethnology)
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Gonorrhea
(diagnosis, ethnology)
- HIV
- HIV Infections
(ethnology, microbiology)
- Homosexuality, Male
- Humans
- Male
- Mass Screening
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
- Rectal Diseases
(ethnology, microbiology)
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexual and Gender Minorities
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial
(ethnology)
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