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A 37-year-old man with a history of receptive and penetrating anal sex with men presented with abdominal pain, bright red blood per rectum, and fevers. Recent evaluation by his primary care doctor was notable for negative urine for Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis. Rectal
To describe a series of extrarectal lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) cases diagnosed in France.
Consecutive LGV cases confirmed at the French Reference Centre for chlamydiae with an extrarectal sample from January 2010 to December 2015 were included. The first part of the study consisted of a
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by infection with invasive Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1-L3 (1). LGV is characterized by inguinal and/or femoral lymphadenopathy, typically following a transient, self-limited genital ulcer or papule that might go
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) or Nicolas-Favre disease is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) which occurs throughout Africa and mostly affects men. The true prevalence of LGV in tropical countries is not known. The most prominent clinical signs of LGV are inguinal and rectal syndrome, with the
Sera from sheep which were infected with heartwater fever from 39 to 110 days before the serum was withdrawn failed to fix complement in the presence of lymphogranuloma venereum antigen.
A 36-year-old homosexual man presented with a 3-week history of pin-head-sized vesicles on the lower lip followed by a tumorous infiltrate, cervical lymphadenopathy and episodic fevers. Laboratory findings included striking leukocytosis and elevated inflammatory markers.
Ross, Martin R. (Connecticut State Department of Health, Hartford) and Earle K. Borman. Direct and indirect fluorescent-antibody techniques for the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma venereum-trachoma group of agents. J. Bacteriol. 85:851-858. 1963.-Direct and indirect fluorescent-antibody (FA) techniques
The incidence of sexually transmitted infections is rising in Europe and in Switzerland since the beginning of the third millenium. Many organisms may affect the perianal skin and the anorectum. While some of these infections are a result of contigous spread from genital infection, most result from
Proctitis is a common problem and is most frequently associated with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). However, in the last ten years the incidence of infectious proctitis appears to be rising, especially in men who have sex with men. This may be due to the rise of people participating in receptive
Investigating viral and rickettsial infections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the authors submitted 115 sera of healthy persons to complement-fixation tests with typhus, Q fever, mumps, rickettsialpox, and psittacosis antigens. The results obtained indicate that the Moslem population tends to show more
The gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is the pathogen that is most often transmitted through sexual contact. C. trachomatis is responsible for a wide range of different diseases. Strains of serovars D to K primarily cause urogenital infections, which are often