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BACTERIAL LOAD OF CHLAMYDIA IN THE OROPHARYNX AND SALIVA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WITH UNTREATED OROPHARYNGEAL CHLAMYDIA
Tiffany Phillips, Christopher Fairley, Kate Maddaford, Jennifer Danielewski, Jane Hocking, David Lee, Deborah Williamson, Gerald Murray, Fabian Kong, Catriona Bradshaw, Marcus Chen, Benjamin Howden, Eric Chow
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019
Abstract
Previous studies have found that saliva can carry infectious gonorrhoea, which has led to the hypothesis that saliva could play an important role in gonorrhoea transmission. However, no study has examined the role of saliva in chlamydia transmission. The aim of this study was to determine whether Chlamydia trachomatis could be detected in saliva and to determine if the infection is specific to an anatomical site; oropharynx or tonsils. Men who have sex with men (MSM) who tested positive for oropharyngeal chlamydia at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, who had no antibiotics in the past 4 weeks, and returned for treatment within 14 days between August 2017 and August 2018 were invited to partici..
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