Clinical significance of questionnaire-elicited or clinically reported anorectal symptoms for rectal Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis amongst men who have sex with men

Sexual Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-82

  Lister, Nichole A ^a   Chaves, Nadia J ^b   Pang, Chee W ^c   Smith, Anthony ^c   Fairley, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Screening

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMORBIDITY; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAIN; RECTAL DISEASES; SEX EDUCATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 39749201789     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH07068     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Donovan B, Bodsworth NJ, Rohrsheim R, McNulty A, Tapsall JW. Characteristics of homosexually active men with gonorrhoea during an epidemic in Sydney, Australia. Int J STD AIDS 2001; 12: 437-43. doi: 10.1258/0956462011923462
2. Geisler W, Whittington WLH, Suchland R, Stamm WE. Epidemiology of anorectal chlamydial and gonococcal infections among men having sex with men in Seattle: utilizing serovar and auxotype strain typing. Sex Transm Dis 2002; 29: 189-95. doi: 10.1097/00007435-200204000-00001
3. Joesoef MR, Gultom M, Irana ID, Lewis JS, Moran JS, Muhaimin T, et al. High rates of sexually transmitted diseases among male transvestites in Jakarta, Indonesia. Int J STD AIDS 2003; 14: 609-13. doi: 10.1258/095646203322301068
4. Kim AA, Kent CK, Klausner JD. Risk factors for rectal gonococcal infection amidst resurgence ins HIV transmission. Sex Transm Dis 2003; 30: 813-17. doi: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000086603.55760.54
5. Manavi K, McMillan A, Young H. The prevalence of rectal chlamydial infection amongst men who have sex with men attending the genitourinary medicine clinic in Edinburgh. Int J STD AIDS 2004; 15: 162-4. doi: 10.1258/095646204322916588
6. Kent CK, Chaw JK, Wong W, Liska S, Gibson S, Hubbard G, et al. Prevalence of rectal, urethral, and pharyngeal chlamydia and gonorrhea detected in two clinical settings among men who have sex with men: San Francisco, California, 2003. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 41: 67-74. doi: 10.1086/430704
7. Mcmillan A, Young H. Clinical correlates of rectal gonococcal and chlamydial infections. Int J STD AIDS 2006; 17: 387-90. doi: 10.1258/095646206777323373
8. Lister NA, Smith A, Tabrizi S, Hayes P, Medland N, Garland S, et al. Screening for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in men who have sex with men at male-only saunas. Sex Transm Dis 2003; 30: 886-9. doi: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000099160.26205.22
9. Lister NA, Smith A, Read T, Fairley CK. Testing men who have sex with men for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis at an STD clinic in Melbourne prior to the introduction of guidelines. Sex Health 2004; 1: 47-50. doi: 10.1071/SH03005
10. Australian College of Sexual Health Physicians. Clinical guidelines for the management of sexually transmissible infections among priority populations. Sydney: Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine; 2001. Available online at: http://www.racp.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=1F341D23-9A87-24D0- BD2364ED00196B11 [verified 8 January].
11. Sexually Transmitted Infections in Gay Men Action Group. Sexually transmitted infection guidelines for men who have sex with men. Sydney: Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine; 2005. Available online at: http://www.racp.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=1F341D23-9A87-24D0-BD2364ED00196B11 [verified 8 January 2008].
12. Lister NA, Smith A, Read T, Fairley CK. Introduction of screening guidelines for men who have sex with men at an STD clinic, the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Australia. Sex Health 2005; 2: 241-4. doi: 10.1071/SH05006
13. Mark KE, Gunn RA. Estimating epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of reported cases using a sample survey methodology. Sex Transm Dis 2004; 31: 215-20. doi: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000118421.15177.34
14. Lafferty WE, Hughes JP, Hansfiled HH. Sexually transmitted diseases in men who have sex with men. Acquisition of gonorrhea and nongonococcal urethritis by fellatio and implications for STD/HIV prevention. Sex Transm Dis 1997; 24: 272-8.
15. Hocking J, Fairley CK. Need for screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Australia. Aust NZ J Publ Health 2003; 27: 80-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00385.x
16. Ciemins E, Flood J, Kent CK, Shaw H, Rowniak S, Moncada J, et al. Reexamining the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among gay men with urethritis: implications for STD policy and HIV prevention activities. Sex Transm Dis 2000; 27: 249-51. doi: 10.1097/00007435-200005000-00002
17. Fenton KA, Korovessis C, Johnson AM, McCadden A, McManus S, Wellings K. Sexual behaviour in Britain: reported sexually transmitted infections and prevalent genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Lancet 2001; 358: 1851-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06886-6
18. Turner CF, Rogers SM, Miller HG, Gribble JN, Chromy JR, Leone PA, et al. Untreated gonococcal and chlamydial infection in a probability sample of Baltimore adults. JAMA 2002; 287: 726-33. doi: 10.1001/jama.287.6.726
19. Anderson JE, Stall R. Increased reporting of male-to-male sexual activity in a national survey. Sex Transm Dis 2002; 29: 643-6. doi: 10.1097/00007435-200211000-00005