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. 2023 Jul 17;10(8):ofad381.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad381. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Concurrent Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Patients Tested for Mpox at a Tertiary Healthcare System

Ahmad Mourad  1 , Naseem Alavian  1 , Edwin W Woodhouse  1 , Emily Niehaus  1 , Hayley Cunningham  1 , Sofia Zavala  1 , Patricia Kohler  1 , Steven Pappas  1 , Michael Yarrington  1 , Nwora Lance Okeke  1 , Cameron R Wolfe  1 , Gary M Cox  1 , Kristen V Dicks  1 , Jason E Stout  1
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Concurrent Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Patients Tested for Mpox at a Tertiary Healthcare System

Ahmad Mourad et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Coinfection with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and mpox is common. We evaluated concurrent STI testing among Duke Health patients tested for mpox. We found that most patients tested for mpox were not comprehensively tested for STIs, despite concurrent STIs being diagnosed in 15% of patients when testing was performed.

Keywords: HIV; mpox; sexually transmitted infections.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No potential conflicts.

Figures

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Figure 1.
A, Frequency of concurrent testing performed on persons presenting for mpox testing. B, Frequency of anatomical sites tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia in persons presenting for mpox testing. Abbreviations: GC, gonorrhea; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; STI, sexually transmitted infection.
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