Corrado Minetti, Miguel Rocha, Luís Miguel Duque, Paula Meireles, Cristina Correia, Dora Cordeiro, Inês João, Carla Manita, Sofia Soeiro, João Almeida Santos, Rita Matos, Catarina Almeida, Helena Cortes Martins, Elsa Vinagre, Sílvia Lopo, Maria José Borrego
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but more data on extragenital carriage are needed. AIM: We assessed the genital and extragenital prevalence of bacterial and other STIs in MSM in a Lisbon sexual health clinic. METHODS: We screened oral, anal, and urine samples of MSM visiting the GAT-CheckpointLX clinic June 2017-December 2021 for Chlamydia trachomatis (including lymphogranuloma venereum, LGV), Neisseria gonorrhoeae , Mycoplasma genitalium , Trichomonas vaginalis , Mycoplasma hominis , Ureaplasma urealyticum , and U...
January 2, 2024: International Journal of STD & AIDS