Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity among heterosexual men and men who have sex with men attending a large urban sexual health service in Australia, 2002-2009

LA Vodstrcil; CK Fairley; G Fehler; D Leslie; J Walker; CS Bradshaw; JS Hocking

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Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity among heterosexual men and men who have sex with men attending a large urban sexual health service in Australia, 2002-2009

LA Vodstrcil, CK Fairley, G Fehler, D Leslie, J Walker, CS Bradshaw, JS Hocking

BMC Infectious Diseases | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-158

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Abstract

Background: To determine whether chlamydia positivity among heterosexual men (MSW) and chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity among men who have sex with men (MSM), are changing.Methods: Computerized records for men attending a large sexual health clinic between 2002 and 2009 were analyzed. Chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity were calculated and logistic regression used to assess changes over time.Results: 17769 MSW and 8328 MSM tested for chlamydia and 7133 MSM tested for gonorrhea. In MSW, 7.37% (95% CI: 6.99-7.77) were chlamydia positive; the odds of chlamydia positivity increased by 4% per year (OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 1.01-1.07; p = 0.02) after main risk factors were adjusted for. In MSM, 3.70% (..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Leonie Horvath and Irene Kuzevska who provided laboratory assistance at MSHC. We would also acknowledge Nasra Higgins from the Victorian Government Department of Health who provided the State Notification data. Financial support for this study was provided by for this by National Health and Medical Research Council grant 568971, and people support fellowships 465164 (C. Bradshaw) and 566576 (J. Hocking).