Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae co-infections among patients with newly diagnosed syphilis: a single-centre, cross-sectional study.

CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of screening tests in case of sexually transmitted infections in patients with newly diagnosed syphilis is an important part in the management of this disease. These results suggest that screening of asymptomatic heterosexual patients leads to detection of minimum co-infections, but in MSM (especially HIV positive) should always be performed at least in anorectal site, where asymptomatic co-infections are common. PMID: 31951687 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Central European Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Cent Eur J Public Health Source Type: research