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  • Title: 'Gay bowel syndrome': relic or real (and returning) phenomenon?
    Author: Cooper F, Barber T.
    Journal: Curr Opin Infect Dis; 2014 Feb; 27(1):84-9. PubMed ID: 24335755.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article aims to review the term 'gay bowel syndrome', including the recent research looking at increased rates of bowel infections in men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly in light of the recent Shigella outbreaks in MSM in London and New York, and considers whether 'gay bowel syndrome' is a syndrome that really exists and is worthy of further research and specific treatment, or whether the term continues to be obsolete and not useful. RECENT FINDINGS: Little or no recent research exists around the concept of a specific syndrome affecting the bowels of MSM. Rather, there seems to be a clustering of diseases in certain high-risk groups, especially those in urban areas with multiple sexual partners, recreational drug use, and possible concomitant HIV infection. SUMMARY: All healthcare practitioners (including non-sexual health/HIV specialists) need to consider careful and thorough history taking (including sexual history) to identify those at risk.
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