Publications by authors named "Isabelle Le Hen"

Background: Anorectal infections with Chlamydia trachomatis are commonly found in women. Although the efficacy of doxycycline and azithromycin is comparable in the treatment of urogenital infection, their efficacies toward anorectal infection remain unclear. We therefore aimed to compare a single dose of azithromycin with a 7-day course of doxycycline for the treatment of anorectal C trachomatis infection in women with concurrent vaginal infection.

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Objectives: New molecular techniques have allowed describing groups of bacterial communities in the vagina (community state types (CST)) that could play an important role in (CT) infection. Our aim was to describe the distribution of CST in a population of young women in France.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in June 2015 among anonymous young women attending a STI clinic in Bordeaux, France.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study analyzed 1802 nonrectal specimens positive for Chlamydia trachomatis to investigate the spread of L strains related to rectal Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in the heterosexual population.
  • In 2013, no evidence of LGV transmission was found among heterosexual individuals in France.
  • The findings suggest that L2b strains are primarily confined to men who have sex with men, indicating limited risk of spread to heterosexuals.
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We evaluated the clinical performance of the Bio-Rad Dx CT/NG/MG assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital samples in comparison with the Roche COBAS® TaqMan® CT assay for C. trachomatis and an in-house TaqMan PCR assay for M. genitalium.

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