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P030 HIV post-exposure prophylaxis to pre-exposure prophylaxis transitioning in men who have sex with men by Richardson, D (author);Nichols, K (author);Pickering, A (author);Devlin, J (author);Buss, Z (author);Fitzpatrick, C (author);Cresswell, F (author) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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symptoms of HIV positive and HIV negative MSM with LGV proctitis. This is a cross-sectional study of MSM who tested positive for LGV attending our large STI centre in Brighton, UK between January 2013 and December 2019. We collected data on age, number of recent sexual partners, ano-rectal symptoms, HIV status, use of HIV Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and recreational drug use. 49 MSM had a positive rectal LGV PCR between 2013-2019. The median age was 45 years (IQR=39-53), 44(90%) of the MSM tested were symptomatic and the remaining five were asymptomatic. Eleven (22%) reported recent chemsex, 35(71%) were HIV seropositive and six(43%) of the 15 HIV negative MSM were using PrEP. The symptoms described by the symptomatic MSM were: rectal pain[27,(61%)], rectal bleeding[21,(54%)], rectal discharge[23,(52%)], diarrhoea[8, (18%)], tenesmus[6,(15%)] and constipation[5,(13%)]. There were no significant differences between the characteristics and presenting symptoms between HIV positive and negative MSM. The symptoms of MSM diagnosed with LGV proctitis are varied and there were no differences between HIV positive and negative MSM. The heterogeneity of presenting symptoms of MSM with LGV

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Author

Richardson, D (author);Nichols, K (author);Pickering, A (author);Devlin, J (author);Buss, Z (author);Fitzpatrick, C (author);Cresswell, F (author)

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Published

2021

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction