ArticleSexually transmitted infections2006
The potential role of serology in diagnosing chronic lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV): a case of LGV mimicking Crohn's disease.
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- L-Serovar Rectal Chlamydia trachomatis in Patients Who Were Male-Assigned at Birth Attending Two Sexual Health Clinics, Baltimore, Maryland 2009-2016.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2025Article
- Why sexually transmitted disorders in the colon can be mistaken for ulcerative colitis: a survey study among Polish patients.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2025Article
- Lymphogranuloma venereum and HIV infection: misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease.BMJ case reports · 2010Article
- Evaluation of an in silico predicted specific and immunogenic antigen from the OmcB protein for the serodiagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections.BMC microbiology · 2008Article
- Sexually transmitted infections: where are we now?Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2007Review
- The use of serological titres of IgA and IgG in (early) discrimination between rectal infection with non-lymphogranuloma venereum and lymphogranuloma venereum serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis.Sexually transmitted infections · 2007Article
- Lymphogranuloma venereum in Australia: anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2b in men who have sex with men.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2007Article
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Abstract
We present the case of a 26 year old HIV positive homosexual man who was managed for suspected Crohn's disease for over 1 year before lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) was clinically diagnosed. He had presented with constipation, secondary to acute haemorrhagic proctitis, and subsequently had two chlamydia negative rectal smears, using direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) Chlamydia trachomatis staining. Positive chlamydial serology guided retrospective testing of an early rectal biopsy, which was found to have C trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction (Roche Cobas) and identified as LGV serovar L2 by the Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory (STBRL), Health Protection Agency (HPA), Colindale, London. Chlamydial serology may have a role in identifying late stage LGV infection. Although no standardised test currently exists, consideration should be given to evaluating the role of chlamydial serology in establishing a diagnosis of LGV.
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