Outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum among men who have sex with men in Barcelona 2007/08 – an opportunity to debate sexual health at the EuroGames 2008

M Vall Mayans; E Caballero; P Garcia de Olalla; P Armengol; MG Codina; MJ Barberà; B Sanz; A Andreu; J Caylà

doi:10.2807/ese.13.25.18908-en

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Outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum among men who have sex with men in Barcelona 2007/08 – an opportunity to debate sexual health at the EuroGames 2008
M Vall Mayans¹ , E Caballero² , P Garcia de Olalla³ , P Armengol¹ , MG Codina² , MJ Barberà¹ , B Sanz¹ , A Andreu² , J Caylà³
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Affiliations: ¹ Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Primary Health Centre Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ² Microbiology Service, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Catalan Health Institute, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ³ Agència de Salut Pública (Public Health Agency, ASPB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Citation style for this article: Vall Mayans M, Caballero E, Garcia de Olalla P, Armengol P, Codina MG, Barberà MJ, Sanz B, Andreu A, Caylà J. Outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum among men who have sex with men in Barcelona 2007/08 – an opportunity to debate sexual health at the EuroGames 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(25):pii=18908. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.25.18908-en Received: 14 Jun 2008

Abstract

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a systemic sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (L serovars L1, L2 or L3). Since 2003, several outbreaks of rectal LGV affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) have occurred in western Europe [1]. The first case in Spain was confirmed in Barcelona in 2005 [2], but no further cases have been detected in this city since until September 2007. We briefly summarise the characteristics of the LGV cases diagnosed at the outpatient STI clinic in Barcelona between September 2007 and April 2008.