Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia

O’Sullivan, Belinda; Delpech, Valérie; Pontivivo, Giulietta; Karagiannis, Thomas; Marriott, Debbie; Harkness, John; McAnulty, Jeremy

doi:10.3201/eid0808.010534

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“…Higher rates of E. histolytica carriage in MSM likely refl ect high-risk sex behavior and multiple exposures, resulting in increased risk for acquisition. This hypothesis is supported by the high rates of sexually transmitted infections that occur in Australian MSM who visit sex-on-premises venues (15). Antibody responses predominantly occur with invasive disease.…”

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Invasive Amebiasis in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Australia

Stark

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Matthews

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Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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Invasive Amebiasis in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Australia

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“…These changes increased the ability of women and same-sex attracted individuals, respectively, to exercise greater rights in their pursuit of intimate relationships. In addition, many people in Australia have at their disposal technologies to assist in reproduction (Terry and Shorey 2000;Wang et al 2011), technologies promoting pornography and other 'cyber space' sexualities (Voon 2001;Flood 2007), the availability of public sex venues (O'sullivan et al 2002;Lyons et al 2010) and a variety of contraceptives (Weisberg 2002;Family Planning Victoria 2012). There is also legal recognition of sex work in some States such as Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, that provides a range of services for clients with diverse sexual interests ranging from outer course practices such as use of sex toys, to bondage, discipline and submission fantasies (Seib et al 2010).…”

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Using ‘intimate citizenship’ to make sense of the experiences of men with refugee backgrounds in Australia

Muchoki

2014

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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This paper is based on a study exploring the experiences of men with refugee backgrounds from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia (herein referred to as the Horn of Africa countries) during migration and on settlement in Australia. During data analyses, Plummer's concept of 'intimate citizenship' became a useful theoretical framework for understanding participants' experiences. Many men had migrated from traditional societies where individuals pursue intimacies within a constrained framework of acceptability dictated by collective cultures. Ravaged by civil wars, they were forced to flee their homelands and seek asylum in neighbouring countries. Eventually, these men were resettled in Australia, a society that provides a social space for individuals to exercise more choices in their personal lives. On arrival in Australia, participants in this study had to adjust to these new ways of pursuing intimate relationships. Some men found this process overwhelmingly difficult while others saw it as an opportunity to organise their intimate lives beyond the confines of traditions and cultures as well as family and community influences. Intimate citizenship helped in construing the opportunities, conflicts, tensions and ambivalences that characterised participants' experiences in Australia.

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“…In developed countries, the following two populations are at particular risk for Shigella infection; children in daycare centers or nursery schools and male homosexuals (gay bowel syndrome). 19,20 In the latter group, cases are almost always due to S. flexneri infection transmitted by anal-oral sexual practices. The isolated serotype is related to the age of patients; S. sonnei is more frequent before the age of 15 years, while S. flexneri is more common in patients older than 15 years.…”

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Bacterial hemorrhagic enterocolitis

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Bacterial diarrhea can be classified into two clinical entities, noninflammatory diarrhea and inflammatory diarrhea syndromes. The latter type of diarrhea is characterized by bloody and puruloid mucus stool, and is often accompanied by fever, tenesmus, and severe abdominal pain. Pathogenic bacteria causing the inflammatory diarrhea syndrome include Salmonella, Vibrio, Shigella, enteroinvasive and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Campylobacter, Yersinia, Chlamydia, and Clostridium difficile. The pathologic changes in the inflammatory diarrhea syndrome range from a superficial exudative enterocolitis to a transmural enterocolitis with overt ulceration. This syndrome is also designated as bacterial hemorrhagic enterocolitis because of its usual manifestation by bloody diarrhea. The diagnostic approach needs information on the patient's age, travel history, epidemiological associations, sexual practice, and medical history, including usage of antibiotics. Bacterial information can be obtained by microscopic study, culture, and the identification of specific bacterial toxins. Flexible colonoscopy with biopsy is useful for the differentiation of bacterial hemorrhagic enterocolitis from idiopathic ulcerative colitis and ischemic colitis. Physicians should be familiar with the diagnostic modalities used to detect the specific pathogens causing hemorrhagic bacterial enterocolitis; namely, bacterial culture, serology, histology, and nucleic acid technologies.

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Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia

Cited by 61 publications

References 7 publications

Invasive Amebiasis in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Australia

Invasive Amebiasis in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Australia

Using ‘intimate citizenship’ to make sense of the experiences of men with refugee backgrounds in Australia

Bacterial hemorrhagic enterocolitis

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