A repeated syphilis infection imported from Thailand in an HIV positive couple of men-who-have-sex-with-men in Czech Republic

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2014 Jan-Feb;12(1):84-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.10.003. Epub 2013 Oct 20.

Abstract

Coinfection by HIV and syphilis has become a growing problem due to the re-appearance of unsafe sexual practices in the era of potent anti-retroviral drugs. We describe a repeated import of syphilis by a couple of men-who-have-sex-with-men from Thailand to Czech Republic likely due to non-adherence of the patients to physician recommendations. Such cases can become foci for dissemination of once locally rare infections and present a danger for the community.

Keywords: Coinfection; MSM; Refractory; Serology; Treponema.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Coinfection
  • Czech Republic
  • HIV Infections / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / immunology
  • HIV Infections / microbiology*
  • Homosexuality, Male*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Compliance
  • Prevalence
  • Recurrence
  • Syphilis / ethnology
  • Syphilis / immunology
  • Syphilis / transmission
  • Syphilis / virology*
  • Thailand / ethnology