Patient | Positive PCR | Sexual contacts abroad | Clinical signs | HIV infection | HAART | CD4 cells/ml | STI history | No of partners in past 6 months | LGV diagnosis |
1 Milan | Anal swab | Northern Europe | Anal discharge, rectal erosion | No | No | nd | Negative | 10 | PCR L2 |
2 Milan | Inguinal aspirate | Only Italy | Inguinal abscess (right and left) | No | No | nd | Negative | Unknown | CT serology |
3 Milan | Penile swab | Unknown | Penile chancre and inguinal abscess (left) | No | No | nd | Negative | 3 | PCR L2 |
4 Milan | Perianal swab | Unknown | Perianal erosion | Yes | Yes | nd | Syphilis I | 10 | PCR L2 |
5 Milan | Anal swab | Unknown | Anal discharge and anal erosions | Yes | Yes | 300 | Negative | 3 | PCR L2 |
6 Milan | Perianal swab | Turkey | Anal discharge and perianal erosions | Yes | Yes | n.d. | Genital warts | Unknown | PCR L2 |
7 Milan | Penile swab | Unknown | Nodular erosive lesion | Yes | Yes | nd | Genital warts | Unknown | PCR L2 |
8 Milan | Penile swab | Unknown | Nodular erosive lesion | No | No | nd | Syphilis late latent | 30 | PCR L2 |
9 Milan | Anal swab | Ukraine | Anal discharge and rectal erosion | Yes | No | 600 | Syphilis I | 1 | PCR L2 |
10 Milan | Anal and perianal swab | Only Italy | Anal discharge and perianal erosion | Yes | No | n.d. | Syphilis II | 2 | PCR L2 |
11 Florence | Anal swab | Unknown | Anal discharge and rectal erosion | Yes | Yes | 500 | Hepatitis B, gonorrhoea | 6 | PCR |
12 Florence | Anal swab | Only Italy | Anal discharge | Yes | Yes | 500 | Syphilis II, gonorrhoea | 2 | PCR |
13 Florence | Anal swab | Only Italy | Anal discharge | No | No | nd | Syphilis II | 4 | PCR |
CT, C trachomatis; HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum; L2, identification done in Amsterdam; nd, not done; STI, sexually transmitted infection.