Clinicians should suspect lymphogranuloma venereum proctitis when a patient presents with typical symptoms (rectal pain, abdominal cramping, discharge and bleeding ) and risk factors for anal ...

Lymphogranuloma venereum represents an uncommon sexually-transmitted disease caused by the invasive serovars of an obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis. It belongs to the genital ...

Chlamydia bactera, STD A rise in anorectal lymphogranuloma venereum, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis invasive serovars, observed from 2012-2015 in NYC sexual health clinics. A rise in anorectal ...

These 5 cases of atypical inflammatory lymphogranula venereum (LGV) serovar L2b presenting initially with edema and persistent painful ulceration illustrate that clinical manifestations of LGV in the ...

Background: Anal lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) infections, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis biovar L (CT+/LGV+), are endemic among men who have sex with men (MSM). Anal non-LGV biovar Ct infections ...

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes L1, L2 and L3. Unlike other serotypes (A to K), those that cause LGV are invasive and ...

Lymphogranuloma venereum is a sexually transmitted condition that is caused by the L1, L2 and L3 serotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis, which is an obligate intracellular bacterial agent. The condition ...

Many of us know the symptoms of more common STIs, like chlamydia and gonorrhoea, but there are many others that are less familiar. Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is one such infection. Caused by a ...

IT is not among the list of popularly known sexually transmitted infections, but lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), if transmitted, can be very painful. Obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr Charles Rockhead ...