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Int J STD AIDS 2008;19:139-140
doi:10.1258/ijsa.2007.007186
© 2008 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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CASE REPORTS

Lymphogranuloma venereum in the UK in 2003

Linda Greene MDCRB FRCP *, Luciana Rubinstein MBBS MRCP *, Justin Gaffney RN BSC *, Monica Rebec FIBMS {dagger}, Sarah Alexander PhD {ddagger} and Catherine Ison PhD FRCPath {ddagger} 

* Jefferiss Wing Centre for Sexual Health; {dagger} Diagnostic Bacteriology, St Mary's Hospital; {ddagger} Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK

Correspondence to: Prof Catherine Ison, Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK Email: Catherine.ison{at}hpa.org.uk

Lymphogranuloma venereum in the United Kingdom was detected in 2004, following the introduction of enhanced surveillance. This report describes a previously undiagnosed case, detected retrospectively in a sample obtained in 2003 from a male patient with high-risk behaviour, indicating that this previously rare disease in Europe, was present in the UK in 2003.

Key Words: lymphogranuloma venereum


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