@article{92ed5344a4e843bb88ff0308927484f8,
title = "Oral and anal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among sexually active men with HIV who have sex with men",
abstract = "People with HIV are at increased risk of pneumococcal disease. We investigate oral and anal carriage rates of Streptococcus pneumoniae by molecular methods among 82 men with HIV who have sex with men (MSM). A questionnaire, oral wash and anal swab samples were obtained at baseline and 12 months. Oral carriage rates were 32.9% (27/82) at baseline and 41.7% (30/72) at follow-up. Anal carriage rates were 2.4% (2/82) at baseline and 2.9% (2/70) at follow-up. Genogroup 24 was predominant. Results suggest high oral carriage rates of S. pneumoniae among MSM living with HIV. A minority were anal carriers.",
keywords = "Anal Canal, Female, HIV Infections/complications, Homosexuality, Male, Humans, Male, Sexual Behavior, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Streptococcus pneumoniae, carriage, sexual transmission, adults, HIV",
author = "Michaela Tinggaard and Hans-Christian Slotved and Kurt Fuursted and Merete Storgaard and Sandra Dr{\"o}se and Johansen, {Isik Somuncu} and Kristina Thorsteinsson and Gitte Kronborg and Anne-Mette Lebech and Thomas Benfield",
note = "{\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail:
[email protected].",
year = "2022",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/infdis/jiab512",
language = "English",
volume = "225",
pages = "1575--1580",
journal = "The Journal of infectious diseases",
issn = "0022-1899",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "9",
}