TY - JOUR T1 - Substantial increase in gonorrhoea among homosexual men attending an STD centre in Toulouse, France JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 391 LP - 392 DO - 10.1136/sti.77.5.391-a VL - 77 IS - 5 AU - N Spenatto AU - R Viraben Y1 - 2001/10/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/77/5/391.2.abstract N2 - 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 … ER -