Rectal Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Laura Svidler López
- Luciana La Rosa
- Andrea Carolina Entrocassi
- Dolores Caffarena
- Brian Santos
- Marcelo Rodríguez Fermepin
Publication date
March 2019
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Among 34 men with proctitis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16 (47%) had Chlamydia trachomatis infection, 11 (68.8%) of which were biovar lymphogranuloma venereum. The outbreak was probably local, as in Europe. In Argentina, lymphogranuloma venereum should be a suspected cause of proctitis in HIV-infected men who have had unprotected anal sex with men
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