Shigellosis, a sexually transmitted disease in homosexual men

Bovée, L.P.; Peerbooms, P.G.; van den Hoek, J.A.

Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 147(49): 2438-2439

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162
PMID: 14694556
Document Number: 563511
A study of the registered number of Shigella infections in Amsterdam for the period 1997-2001 revealed that in 2001, there was an increase in the number of homosexual patients with oral-anal contacts as source for their infections. All of these infections were caused by subtype Shigella sonnei. The infections were not associated with a specific meeting place for homosexual men. A relationship with an underlying HIV-infection is likely.

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