SynthesisBMC infectious diseases2011
The association between lymphogranuloma venereum and HIV among men who have sex with men: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- HIV-1 andmSphere · 2026Article
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- Sexually transmitted infection prevalence and Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance patterns in men who have sex with men with or without urethral discharge syndrome in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2024.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Lymphogranuloma venereum proctosigmoiditis misdiagnosed as inflammatory bowel disease: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- 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
- Lymphogranuloma venereum: an emerging problem in Poland.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2022Review
- Lymphogranuloma Venereum Mimicking Locally Metastatic Rectal Cancer in an HIV-Negative Man.Cureus · 2021Article
- Whole-Genome Enrichment and Sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis Directly from Patient Clinical Vaginal and Rectal Swabs.mSphere · 2021Article
- [Classical sexually transmitted diseases in the anorectal region].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2020Review
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- Lymphogranuloma venereum is on the rise in Belgium among HIV negative men who have sex with men: surveillance data from 2011 until the end of June 2017.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Lymphogranuloma venereum in Quebec: Re-emergence among men who have sex with men.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2018Article
- Low Prevalence of Urethral Lymphogranuloma Venereum Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Prospective Observational Study, Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2017Observational
- Isolated bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy in the absence of other symptoms, due to LGV in known HIV-positive MSM: is it more common than we think?BMJ case reports · 2016Article
- Delayed diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum-associated colitis in a man first suspected to have rectal cancer.JRSM open · 2016Article
- [Sexually transmitted infections of the anorectal region].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2015Review
- Lymphogranuloma venereum in Barcelona, 2007-2012: the role of seroadaptation in men who have sex with men.Epidemiology and infection · 2015Article
- [Diagnosis and therapy of genitoanal ulcers of infectious etiology].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2015Review
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- Challenges Presented by Re-Emerging Sexually Transmitted Infections in HIV Positive Men who have Sex with Men: An Observational Study of Lymphogranuloma Venereum in the UK.Journal of AIDS & clinical research · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundLymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is an important re-emerging sexually transmitted infection which is reported to affect particularly HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). The aim of this study is to quantify the association between LGV and HIV in the context of the current emergence of LGV.
methodsA systematic review was performed on the emergence of LGV among MSM since 2000. We report the prevalence of HIV infection from descriptive studies of MSM with LGV, and conduct a meta-analysis to produce a summary estimate of the association between LGV and HIV from case-control studies where cases were MSM with LGV and controls were MSM with rectal chlamydia caused by non-LGV serovars.
resultsThe prevalence of HIV among LGV cases ranges from 67% to 100% in 13 descriptive studies. There is a significant association between HIV and LGV (odds ratio 8.19, 95% CI 4.68-14.33).
conclusionsHIV-positive MSM are disproportionately affected by LGV highlighting the importance of prevention efforts to be targeted to this group. Further research is needed to determine whether the association is due to biological or behavioural factors.
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