Gonorrhoea infection, reinfection and co-infection in men in inner Sydney: a population-based analysis

Ressler, Kelly-Anne; Ferson, Mark J; Smedley, Elizabeth J

doi:10.5694/mja13.10945

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To the Editor: From 2000 to 2009, national and New South Wales gonorrhoea notification rates were reasonably stable, but since 2010 have shown a marked rise.1 In a recent inner Sydney clinic-based study, most infections were in men who have sex with men (MSM), and chlamydia co-infection was common.2

1 Public Health Unit, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW.
2 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: kelly-anne.ressler@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au

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