The etiology of infectious proctitis in men who have sex with men differs according to HIV status

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 768-770

  Bissessor, Melanie ^a,b,d   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Read, Timothy ^a,b   Denham, Ian ^b   Bradshaw, Catriona ^a,b,c   Chen, Marcus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; GONORRHEA; HEALTH STATUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIXED INFECTION; PROCTITIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FISSURE IN ANO; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROCTITIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84888311596     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000022     Document Type: Article

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