title: A Case of Rectal Ureaplasma Infection and Implications for Testing in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men: The P18 Cohort Study.
abstract: Ureaplasma is a significant cause of nongonococcal urethritis. This is a case of rectal Ureaplasma found on culture in a young man who has sex with men not previously reported in the literature. Nucleic acid amplification tests are now standard of care for sexually transmitted infection testing, but they do not test for Ureaplasma and, therefore, may be missing important infections. Ureaplasma could have important implications in urethritis and rectal HIV transmission among men who have sex with men engaging in condomless anal intercourse. Further study of Ureaplasma's role as a rectal pathogen may be warranted.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Collette E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine , New York, New York.|3 Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, New York University , New York, New York.
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.affiliation: 3 Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, New York University , New York, New York.|4 College of Global Public Health, New York University , New York, New York.|5 Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Farzana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kapadia
authors.affiliation: 3 Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, New York University , New York, New York.|4 College of Global Public Health, New York University , New York, New York.|5 Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Perry N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Halkitis
mesh_terms: D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D047568:Unsafe Sex; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HIV/AIDS; health screening; men who have sex with men (MSM); sexually transmitted infection (STI); testing