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Be aware of proctitis and lymphogranuloma venereum Volume 19, issue 3, May-June 2009

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STI Unit CAP Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, Av Drassanes 17-21, 08001 Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain)

Auteur(s) : Marti Vall-Mayans STI Unit CAP Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, Av Drassanes 17-21, 08001 Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a systemic sexually transmitted infectious disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1, L2 and L3, which causes inflammation and drainage of the lymph nodes with destruction and scarring of surrounding tissue [1]. In industrialised countries, classical cases with swollen and painful regional lymph nodes (bubonic form or [...]