The Presence or Absence of Symptoms Among Cases of Urethral Gonorrhoea Occurring in a Cohort of Men Taking Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the PrEPX Study

LC Donovan; CK Fairley; ET Aung; MW Traeger; EJ Wright; MA Stoové; EPF Chow

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The Presence or Absence of Symptoms Among Cases of Urethral Gonorrhoea Occurring in a Cohort of Men Taking Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the PrEPX Study

LC Donovan, CK Fairley, ET Aung, MW Traeger, EJ Wright, MA Stoové, EPF Chow

Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab263

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Abstract

We aimed to estimate how often urethral gonorrhoea is symptomatic among men in the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Expanded Victoria study. Eighty-seven percent of 213 cases of urethral gonorrhoea were symptomatic. Ensuring men with urethral gonorrhoea both recognize and present early for treatment is critical to reduce transmission.

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Funding Acknowledgements

C. K. F. is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Investigator Grant (GNT1172900). E. P. F. C. is supported by an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Investigator Grant (GNT1172873). M. A. S. is supported by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (GNT1136970). Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance (ACCESS) receives core funding from the Australian Department of Health. The Burnet Institute gratefully acknowledges support from the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Fund.