Sexually transmted bowel and rectal diseas are mon gay men and are ed by a wi variety of fect agents. Each of the enti implited the gay bowel syndrome is nsired separately and epimlogic nsiratns rponsible for the appearance of such a syndrome are exam …
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- COLLECTIVE REVIEWTHE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME: A MON PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL PATIENTS THE EMERGENCY PARTMENT
- PROTOZOA AND HELMTHS: “THE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME”
- THE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME: A MON PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL PATIENTS THE EMERGENCY PARTMENT
COLLECTIVE REVIEWTHE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME: A MON PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL PATIENTS THE EMERGENCY PARTMENT
We studied 388 homosexual or bisexual men om the Baltimore-Washgton area to fe the spectm of enteric pathogen rriage a populatn at high risk for "gay bowel syndrome" associatn wh human immunoficiency vis fectn. Seventy-seven patients wh acquired immunoficiency syn … * gay bowel syndrome giardia lamblia *
Author lks open overlay panel(80)80310-6Get rights and ntentSexually transmted bowel and rectal diseas are mon gay men and are ed by a wi variety of fect agents. Each of the enti implited the gay bowel syndrome is nsired separately and epimlogic nsiratns rponsible for the appearance of such a syndrome are examed.
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PROTOZOA AND HELMTHS: “THE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME”
Petri WA, Ravd JI: Treatment of homosexual men fected wh Entamoeba histolyti. Allason-Jon E, Ml A, Sargent P, et al: Entamoeba histolyti as a mensal ttal parase homosexual men. Forthal DN, Gut SS: Isospora belli enteris three homosexual men.
Protozoa and Helmths: “The Gay Bowel Syndrome”. 5% of 200 homosexual men but only 16% of 100 heterosexual men were found to be fected wh ttal paras. Entamoeba histolyti was isolated om 27% of the homosexual and 1% of the heterosexual men, and Giardia lamblia was isolated om 13% of the homosexual and 3% of the heterosexual men.
THE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME: A MON PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL PATIENTS THE EMERGENCY PARTMENT
Symptoms were much more mon both fected and unfected homosexuals than heterosexuals. Among the homosexual men recent foreign travel, livg a homosexual hoehold and promiscuy were not rrelated wh ttal parasic fectn, but cleansg of the an before and sex was associated wh a signifintly lower prevalence of fectn. The fdgs suggt that the male homosexual muny may be an important rervoir of potentially pathogenic textFull text is available as a snned py of the origal prt versn.