Should Asymptomatic Men Who Have Sex with Men Be Screened for Oropharyngeal Chlamydia? Clinical Outcomes from a Cross-Sectional Study

JJ Ong; EPF Chow; V De Petra; D Williamson; I Pelatosis; B Howden; L Zhang; MY Chen; CS Bradshaw; J Hocking; CK Fairley

Journal article

Should Asymptomatic Men Who Have Sex with Men Be Screened for Oropharyngeal Chlamydia? Clinical Outcomes from a Cross-Sectional Study

JJ Ong, EPF Chow, V De Petra, D Williamson, I Pelatosis, B Howden, L Zhang, MY Chen, CS Bradshaw, J Hocking, CK Fairley

Sexually Transmitted Diseases | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000718

Abstract

Objective To help inform screening guidelines, we estimated the proportion of asymptomatic men who have sex with men (MSM) with oropharyngeal chlamydia. Study Design An audit of asymptomatic MSM attending a sexual health service from March 2015 to April 2016 was conducted. They each had an oropharyngeal swab that was tested for Chlamydia trachomatis by transcription-mediated nucleic acid amplification. In addition, a random sample of 17 swabs that initially tested positive had confirmatory testing to determine the likelihood of true positivity. Results We collected 4877 oropharyngeal swabs: 72 (1.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2-1.9) were diagnosed positive for chlamydia. Most (n = 56 [..

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Funding Acknowledgements

J.J.O., E.P.F.C., and D.A.W. are supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowships (J.J.O.: 1104781; E.P.F.C.: 1091226; D.A.W.: 1123854).