Automated Sexual History and Self-Collection of Extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Improve Detection of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in People with HIV

Self collected swabs vs provider collected samples for GC/Chlamydia https://t.co/pZTTgMUeqR We also found no significant difference in results between self-collect and provider collected specimens. Interesting we find a few more positives when patients…

Data from sample PLHIV (US): 👉Self-collection extragenital CT/GC testing: 7.3% positivity for CT and/or GC (rectal>pharyngeal) 👉Urogenital testing for combined CT/GC: 4.8% positivity 👉63.6% of the positive extragenital : asymptomatic https://t.co/…