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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2023

Increased Prevalence of Symptomatic Human Intestinal Spirochetosis in MSM with High-Risk Sexual Behavior in a Cohort of 165 Individuals.

Ramón Pérez-Tanoira, Marta Del Palacio Tamarit, Ana María Vicente Montaña, David Carmena, Pamela Köster, Miguel Górgolas, José R Fortes Alen, Alfonso Cabello-Úbeda, Laura Prieto-Pérez

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ramón Pérez-TanoiraDepartment of Microbiology, Príncipe de Asturias University Hospital, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9816-3208
Marta Del Palacio TamaritDepartment of Internal Medicine, Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital, 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8378-7114
Ana María Vicente MontañaICTS-National Centre of Electron Microscopy, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
David CarmenaParasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, Spanish National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4015-8553
Pamela KösterParasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, Spanish National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Miguel GórgolasDepartment of Infectious Diseases, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
José R Fortes AlenDepartment of Pathology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Alfonso Cabello-ÚbedaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Laura Prieto-PérezDepartment of Infectious Diseases, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7706-2988
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz · ESUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ESUniversidad de Alcalá · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human intestinal spirochetosis (HIS) can cause gastrointestinal symptoms, although asymptomatic infections have been described. Individuals from low-income countries, people living with HIV, and men who have sex with men (MSM) show increased risk. A retrospective review of all patients diagnosed with HIS (n = 165) between January 2013 and October 2020 at a tertiary hospital in Madrid, Spain, was performed to assess risk factors for symptomatic HIS, symptoms, and response to treatment. Most patients were male (n = 156; 94.5%), 86.7% were MSM, and 23.5% practiced chemsex, of whom most were symptomatic (

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BrachyspirachemsexdiarrheahistopathologyHIV infectionintestinal spirochetosismetronidazoleMSM

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PMID37235298
PMCPMC10224025
OpenAlexW4367293728

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