Gay men should have rectal tts for chlamydia as part of route sexual health re | aidsmap

Contents:

• STD FACTS – WHAT GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS
• GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN (MSM)
• IT’S TIME TO EXPAND CHLAMYDIA TREATMENT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• IT'S TIME TO EXPAND CHLAMYDIA TREATMENT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• PREVALENCE OF MYPLASMA GENALIUM GAY MEN EQUALS THAT OF CHLAMYDIA
• GAY MEN SHOULD HAVE RECTAL TTS FOR CHLAMYDIA AS PART OF ROUTE SEXUAL HEALTH RE
• SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENS OF SAME-DAY CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE SCREENG AND TREATMENT AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND HOMELS YOUTH LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA AND NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

STD FACTS – WHAT GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS

While anyone who has sex n get an STD, sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) are at greater risk. Homophobia, stigma and discrimatn n negatively fluence the health of gay and bisexual men. CDC remends sexually active gay and bisexual men get tted for:.

Get Vaccated: Gay and bisexual men are at greater risk for hepatis A and B, and human papillomavis (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.

Get Vaccated: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men have a greater chance of gettg Hepatis A, Hepatis B, and HPV. People who are more likely to get chlamydia clu gay, bi, and other men who have sex wh men, and young people.

GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN (MSM)

If you intify as a gay, bi or any other man who has sex wh men, then you n get tted at LGBT Foundatn through our full sexual health screeng clic partnership wh The Northern. Gay, bi, and other men who have sex wh men are more at risk of gettg LGV. Shigella Infectns among Gay & Bisexual Men — CDC fact sheet that provis general rmatn and preventn tips for MSM about the diarrheal disease, Shigellosis.

What Gay, Bisexual and Men Who Have Sex wh Men Need to Know About Sexually Transmted Diseas – CDC fact sheet. LGV is the e of recent proctis outbreaks among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) worldwi. 5Incince of chlamydia per 100, 000 people by statePrevalence of chlamydia gay and bisexual men by anatomil seAs we n see om the table below, rectal and penile chlamydia are much more prevalent than oral chlamydia among homosexual that reason, all anal-receptive mal should have a chlamydia swab, addn to a ure tt/penile swab, as a route part of STD A negative tt one anatomic area do not exclu the possibily that you have chlamydia another area.

053%Multiple sexual acts77%76%Rat of transmissn of chlamydia gay and bisexual men(multiple sexual acts)Here we summarize chlamydia transmissn gay and bisexual men by transmissn route. Homosexual malA small study found that 47% of male partners of fected gay and bisexual men had rectal chlamydia. 4% gay and bisexual men Select other sectn.

IT’S TIME TO EXPAND CHLAMYDIA TREATMENT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

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.

Healthre provirs and muny perspectiv on expeded partner therapy (EPT) for e wh gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh 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. The clud studi volved a mimum of 50 gay men and were nducted between 1981 and 2018. Gay men should have rectal tts for chlamydia as part of their route sexual health re, vtigators remend an article published the onle edn of Sexually Transmted Infectns.

IT'S TIME TO EXPAND CHLAMYDIA TREATMENT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Rearchers found that more gay men had rectal fectn wh chlamydia than had urethral chlamydia or rectal gonorrhoea. However, rectal ttg for the fectn is not offered to gay men attendg most UK sexual health clics.

Prev studi have found that between 7 and 9% of gay man attendg sexual health clics have rectal fectn wh chlamydia, and that such fectns are often whout symptoms.

PREVALENCE OF MYPLASMA GENALIUM GAY MEN EQUALS THAT OF CHLAMYDIA

In recent years, outbreaks of the sexually transmted fectn lymphogranuloma venerm (LGV) have been observed gay men the UK and several other dtrialised untri.

In rponse to the outbreak of LGV, staff at London’s Chelsea and Wtmster Hospal’s sexual health clics started screeng gay men for rectal chlamydia fectn. To terme the prevalence of rectal chlamydia amongst gay men.

GAY MEN SHOULD HAVE RECTAL TTS FOR CHLAMYDIA AS PART OF ROUTE SEXUAL HEALTH RE

Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC6923576NIHMSID: NIHMS1058690Er M Keizur, BS, 1 Cameron Goldbeck, MS, 2 Gabriella Vavala, BA, 1 Adriana Romero, MPH, 2 Manuel Os, PhD, MSPH, 3 Jasme Fournier, MS, 3 Sung-Jae Lee, PhD, 2 Sue-Ellen Abdalian, MD, 3 Mary Jane Rotheram, PhD, 2 Jefey D Klsner, MD MPH, 1 and Adolcent Trials Network (ATN) CARES TeamAbstractBackground:Gay, bisexual, transgenr, and homels youth are at risk for sexually transmted fectns (STIs). Methods:We reced adolcents wh high sexual risk behavrs aged 12–24 years om homels shelters, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr anizatns, and muny health centers Los Angel, California and New Orleans, Louisiana om May 2017 to June 2019.

1Gay, bisexual, and transgenr youth may also be at greater risk for STIs.

SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENS OF SAME-DAY CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE SCREENG AND TREATMENT AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND HOMELS YOUTH LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA AND NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

2 Negative attus towards homosexualy, poor mental health, and substance abe are also associated wh creased likelihood of ndomls anal sex and creased number of sex partners among this populatn. 12 Many prev studi evaluatg ttg and treatment of STIs have been nducted emergency partments or outsi the Uned Stat, and few foc on ttg and treatment among gay, bisexual, transgenr, or homels youth muny health settgs6, 7, 8. Materials and Methods:RecmentFrom May 2017 to June 2019, we reced gay, bisexual, and transgenr youth, youth wh a history of mental health disorrs, and youth wh a history of rceratn aged 12–24 years old.

We reced participants om homels shelters, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr anizatns, muny health centers, and g social media and onle datg apps such as Grdr, Tr, Jack’d, Scff, and Chappy Los Angel, California and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Further implementatn science rearch is need to expand the e of same-day STI ttg and treatment, particularly among gay, bisexual, transgenr, and homels youth. Addnally, our sample may not be reprentative of all lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or homels adolcents Los Angel and New offerg same-day CT and NG treatment signifintly improved the time to treatment and proportn of participants receivg treatment, some participants remaed untreated if they were not able or willg to wa 90 mut for the tt rults. Mol of sexual risk behavrs among young gay and bisexual men: Longudal associatns of mental health, substance abe, sexual abe, and the g-out procs.