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Vaginal gonorrhoea in a transgender man reporting no vaginal sex
  1. John Golden,
  2. Tara Suchak,
  3. Frances Lander
  1. Department of GUM/HIV, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr John Golden, Department of GUM/HIV, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London W1D 6AQ, UK; j.golden{at}nhs.net

Abstract

We present a case of a transgender man symptomatic of vaginal Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection despite reporting no receptive vaginal sex in his recent history.

  • neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • sexual health
  • transgender persons
  • microbiology
  • bacterial infections

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055726

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    Footnotes

    • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

    • Contributors All authors were responsible for the care of the patient. JG wrote and submitted the report and is responsible for its overall content. TS and FL assisted with editing the report prior to submission.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.