We analyzed microbiologic etiologies of proctitis among patients seen in an urban sexual health clinic during 2011 to 2021. Among 759 cases, 179 (24%) tested positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae , 171 (23%) for Chlamydia trachomatis , 21 (3%) for herpes simplex virus, 30 (4%) for syphilis, and 73 (10%) for multiple pathogens; no pathogen was identified in 425 (56%).

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