[Shigellosis, a sexually transmitted disease in homosexual men].
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.
Bovée
L P
LP
Gemeentelijke Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst, afd. Infectieziekten, Postbus 2200, 1000 CE Amsterdam.
Peerbooms
P G
PG
van den Hoek
J A
JA
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