title: Shigellosis in men who have sex with men: an overlooked opportunity to counsel with pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV.
abstract: In the absence of other epidemiological exposures, shigellosis in men who have sex with men (MSM) suggests engagement in high-risk sexual encounters. Infection and diagnosis of shigellosis in MSM presents a potentially overlooked opportunity to discuss the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis medications to prevent incident HIV infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goulart
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA awurcel@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.|Department of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Alysse G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wurcel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065129:Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047568:Unsafe Sex
chemical_list: D002939:Ciprofloxacin
keywords: HIV; Shigellosis; harm reduction; men who have sex with men; pre-exposure prophylaxis