Self-reported extragenital chlamydia and gonorrhea testing in the past 12 months among men who have sex with men in the United States — American Men’s Internet Survey, 2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Sex Transm Dis
• Personal Author:
  de Voux, Alex ; Bernstein, Kyle T. ; Kirkcaldy, Robert D. ; Zlotorzynska, Maria ; Sanchez, Travis
• Description:
  Background
  
  Current guidelines recommend that sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) be screened at least annually for bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) at sites of sexual contact regardless of condom use. Extragenital (rectal and pharyngeal) STI are common in MSM and associated with an increased risk of HIV. We describe the prevalence of MSM who reported any STI test and an extragenital STI test in the past 12 months (p12m) in the United States.
  
  Methods
  
  Data were obtained from the 2017 American Men’s Internet Survey (AMIS), an annual cross-sectional behavioral internet survey of MSM in the United States. We examined the prevalence of MSM who reported any STI test and an extragenital STI test in the p12m and compared the prevalence across demographic, clinical, and behavioral factors.
  
  Results
  
  Of 10, 049 sexually-active MSM who participated in AMIS 2017, 42% reported any STI test in the p12m and 16% reported an extragenital (rectal or pharyngeal) STI test in the p12m. Among those who reported getting an extragenital STI test in the p12m, 19% reported providing a throat swab only, 14% reported providing a rectal swab only, and 68% reported providing both a rectal and throat swab for STI testing.
  
  Conclusion
  
  In a large sample of internet-using MSM in the United States, levels of STI screening were sub-optimal, with fewer than half (42%) of MSM reporting any STI test and even fewer reporting an extragenital STI test in the p12m. Increased efforts are needed to ensure annual STI screening guidelines among MSM are implemented.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Chlamydia Infections Cross-Sectional Studies Gonorrhea Homosexuality, Male Humans Internet Male Pharynx Prevalence Rectum Self Report Sexual And Gender Minorities Surveys And Questionnaires United States Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Bacterial Buprenorphine Extragenital Methadone Mortality MSM Naltrexone Screening Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment
• Source:
  Sex Transm Dis. 46(9):563-570
• Pubmed ID:
  31415039
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6702959
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; P30 AI050409/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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