RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sexually transmitted proctitis
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 733
OP 736
DO 10.1136/pmj.2006.048488
VO 82
IS 973
A1 Hamlyn, E
A1 Taylor, C
YR 2006
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/82/973/733.abstract
AB Sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, herpes simplex virus and syphilis commonly present with rectal symptoms. Recent outbreaks of lymphogranuloma venereum among homosexual men throughout Europe highlight the need to consider sexually transmitted infections in the differential diagnosis of proctitis. This article examines the causative organisms, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted proctitis.