Rectal Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2019 Feb 22

PMID 30789332

Citations 1

Authors

Laura Svidler Lopez

Luciana La Rosa

Andrea Carolina Entrocassi

Dolores Caffarena

Brian Santos

Marcelo Rodriguez Fermepin

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Abstract

Among 34 men with proctitis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16 (47%) had Chlamydia trachomatis infection, 11 (68.8%) of which were biovar lymphogranuloma venereum. The outbreak was probably local, as in Europe. In Argentina, lymphogranuloma venereum should be a suspected cause of proctitis in HIV-infected men who have had unprotected anal sex with men.

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