Evaluation of self-collected rectal swabs for the detection of bacteria responsible for sexually transmitted infections in a cohort of HIV-1-infected patients.

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, testing extra-genital sites is crucial for the diagnosis of STIs in men and women presenting or not concomitant urogenital infections in order to detect asymptomatic carriage with the aim of controlling and preventing transmission to their sexual partners. PMID: 28590237 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - June 8, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Edouard S, Tamalet C, Tissot-Dupont H, Colson P, Ménard A, Ravaux I, Dhiver C, Tomei C, Stein A, Raoult D Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research