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. 2020 Apr;26(4):667–674. doi: 10.3201/eid2604.191031

Table 4. Sexually transmitted diseases reported in the 12 months before Shigella specimen collection for 217 men with shigellosis, by azithromycin susceptibility status, Minnesota, USA, 2012–2015*.

Disease DSA, n = 42, no. (%) Azithromycin susceptible, n = 175, no. (%) OR (95% CI)† p value
Chlamydia 13 (31) 9 (5) 8.3 (3.2–21.1) <0.001
Gonorrhea 10 (24) 10 (6) 5.2 (2.0–13.4) 0.001
Syphilis 5 (12) 2 (1) 11.7 (2.2–62.6) 0.003
HIV‡ 25 (60) 40 (23) 5.0 (2.4–10.1) <0.001
Any bacterial STD§ 20 (48) 16 (9) 9.0 (4.1–20.0) <0.001
Multiple bacterial STDs§ 9 (21) 5 (3) 9.3 (2.9–29.4) <0.001

*All Shigella infections reported in men are included. Two men who were PLWH had 2 Shigella infections, and 1 man who was PLWH had 3 Shigella infections during the study period. DSA, decreased susceptibility to azithromycin; OR, odds ratio; PLWH, persons living with HIV; STD, sexually transmitted disease.
†Reference group is men with azithromycin-susceptible Shigella.
‡HIV positive at any time before Shigella isolation.
§Chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis only.