Increases in the Estimated Number of Reported Gonorrhea Cases Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: The Role of Testing

Sex Transm Dis. 2019 Nov;46(11):713-715. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001019.

Abstract

The rate of reported gonorrhea among men who have sex with men has been steadily increasing in recent years, but little is known about how much changing testing practices and incidence each contribute to this trend. We report that both factors are likely contributing to the observed rate increases.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Gonorrhea / diagnosis*
  • Gonorrhea / epidemiology*
  • Homosexuality, Male*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / genetics
  • United States / epidemiology