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Substantial increase in gonorrhoea among homosexual men attending an STD centre in Toulouse, France
  1. N Spenatto,
  2. R Viraben
  1. STD Center (CDMST), Hopital La Grave, Place Lange, 31052 Toulouse Cedex, France
  1. Dr Spenatto

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.77.5.391-a

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    Editor,—A substantial increase in cases of gonorrhoea in an STD centre in Toulouse, France, was noted between October 1999 and September 2000. It was associated both with predominant transmission in a homosexual population with oral sex practices and high HIV seroprevalence.

    Approximately 8500 patients are seen annually at the Hospital La Grave STD centre; this number has remained stable in the last 10 years. Almost 20–25% of patients complain of STD symptoms and 5–6% of the men are defined as homosexual.

    Between October 1999 and September 2000, 41 gonorrhoea episodes in 33 patients were diagnosed. Thirty (81%) cases were male; among the male population, 25 (83.3%) patients described homosexual contact. There were three cases …

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