title: [Shigellosis, a sexually transmitted disease in homosexual men].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gemeentelijke Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst, afd. Infectieziekten, Postbus 2200, 1000 CE Amsterdam.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Bovée
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Peerbooms
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van den Hoek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D021841:Safe Sex; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D012764:Shigella sonnei