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Contents:
- IT’S TIME TO EXPAND CHLAMYDIA TREATMENT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- PREVALENCE OF MYPLASMA GENALIUM GAY MEN EQUALS THAT OF CHLAMYDIA
- IT'S TIME TO EXPAND CHLAMYDIA TREATMENT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- GAY MEN SHOULD HAVE RECTAL TTS FOR CHLAMYDIA AS PART OF ROUTE SEXUAL HEALTH RE
IT’S TIME TO EXPAND CHLAMYDIA TREATMENT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
Sexually Transmted Diseas (STDs) have been creasg among gay and bisexual men. * chlamydia in gay males *
Get Vaccated: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men have a greater chance of gettg Hepatis A, Hepatis B, and HPV. Gay and bisexual men are also at risk sce chlamydia n spread through oral and anal sex. Gay or bisexual men and pregnant people should also get tted for chlamydia.
LGV is the e of recent proctis outbreaks among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) worldwi.
PREVALENCE OF MYPLASMA GENALIUM GAY MEN EQUALS THAT OF CHLAMYDIA
In this piece, we scribe the se of a 33-year-old gay man on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) whose cycle of chlamydia refectn might have been prevented by expeded partner therapy.
Until more data on expeded partner therapy MSM are available, clicians should rporate characteristics of patients’ sexual works weighg the risks and benefs of expeded partner wordsexpeded partner therapychlamydiamen who have sex wh menpublic health policyA CASE OF RECURRENT CHLAMYDIA HIGHLIGHTS DISPARITIES IN GUIDELINESOur patient, a sexually active, 33-year-old gay man, was worried about his HIV risk, so he sought out HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
IT'S TIME TO EXPAND CHLAMYDIA TREATMENT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
The prevalence of Myplasma genalium – an STI that many people have never heard of – among gay and bisexual men is parable to that of chlamydia, Atralian rearchers report Sexually Transmted Infectns.
Whereas they generally remend that gay and bisexual men should be routely screened for fectn wh gonorrhoea and chlamydia the urethra, rectum and throat, they do not remend screeng for Myplasma genalium.
Given the nsistenci, a team of rearchers led by Dr Rosie Latimer om the Sexual Centre, Aled Health, Melbourne, pooled the rults of 46 studi orr to terme the prevalence of Myplasma genalium fectn gay men at the urethra, rectum and throat.
GAY MEN SHOULD HAVE RECTAL TTS FOR CHLAMYDIA AS PART OF ROUTE SEXUAL HEALTH RE
The clud studi volved a mimum of 50 gay men and were nducted between 1981 and 2018.