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. 2021 Jan 21;21:95. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-05801-9

Table 1.

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhea, Mycoplasma genitalium in the 3 types of specimen (Reunion Island, 2014–2015)

Urogenital specimen Pharyngeal specimena Anal specimena
n/N P-valuee Prevalence (95%CId) n/N P-valuee Prevalence (95CI%d) n/N P-valuee Prevalence (95CI%d)
Chlamydia trachomatis infection
 Women ≤25y 19/186b 0.02 10.21 (6.26–15.49) 4/141f 0.12 2.83 (0.78–7.10) 2/36f,h 0.7 5.56 (0.68–18.66)
 Women >25y 7/159b 4.40 (1.79–8.86) 0/134 0.00 (0.00–2.72) 0/49 0.00 (0.00–7.26)
 MSM 2/53 3.77 (0.46–12.98) 2/45f 4.44 (0.54–15.15) 2/27f,h 7.41 (0.91–24.29)
 MSW ≤30y 16/212 0.05 7.54 (4.37–11.97) 1/147 0.63 0.68 (0.02–3.73) 0/2 0.00 (0.00–84.19)
 MSW >30y 4/124 3.23 (0.89–8.05) 0/88 0.00 (0.00–4.11) 0/1 0.00 (0.00–97.50)
 Other menc 2/92 2.17 (0.26–7.63) 1/47 2.13 (0.05–11.29) 0/8 0.00 (0.00–36.94)
Neisseria gonorrhea infection
 Women ≤25y 2/186 0.41 1.07 (0.13–3.83) 0/139 0.5 0.00 (0.02–2.62) 0/38 0.00 (0.00–9.25)
 Women >25y 1/159 0.63 (0.01–3.45) 0/133 0.00 (0.00–2.74) 0/50 0.00 (0.00–7.11)
 MSM 2/53 3.77 (0.46–12.98) 3/44g 6.81 (1.43–18.66) 2/27g 7.40 (0.91–24.29)
 MSW ≤30y 1/212 0.63 0.47 (0.01–2.60) 1/147 0.26 0.68 (0.02–3.73) 0/2 0.00 (0.00–84.19)
 MSW >30y 0/124 0.00 (0.00–2.93) 2/88 2.27 (0.28–7.97) 0/1 0.00 (0.00–97.50)
 Other menc 0/92 0.00 (0.00–3.97) 0/47 0.00 (0.00–7.55) 0/8 0.00 (0.00–36.94)
Mycoplasma genitalium infection
 Women ≤25y 5/186 0.2 2.69 (0.88–6.16) 1/145 0.5 0.72 (0.02–4.09) 0/39 0.56 0.00 (0.07–9.03)
 Women >25y 2/159 1.26 (0.15–4.47) 1/134 0.75 (0.02–4.12) 1/50 2.00 (0.05–10.65)
 MSM 1/53 1.89 (0.05–10.07) 0/45 0.00 (0.00–7.87) 1/27 3.70 (0.09–18.97)
 MSW ≤30y 5/212 0.1 2.36 (0.77–5.42) 0/147 0.00 (0.00–2.48) 0/2 0.00 (0.00–84.19)
 MSW >30y 0/124 0.00 (0.00–2.93) 0/88 0.00 (0.00–4.11) 0/1 0.00 (0.00–97.50)
 Other menc 2/92 2.17 (0.26–7.63) 0/47 0.00 (0.00–7.55) 0/8 0.00 (0.00–36.94)

aPrevalence of anal and pharyngeal infections without concomitant urogenital CT, NG, or MG infection; y years; bTotal excludes one woman with CT infection for whom age was unknown; MSM men who have sex with men, MSW men who have sex with women; cmen who did not share their sexual orientation; CI confidence interval; dbinomial exact confidence interval; eFisher’s exact test; n: number of positive specimens; N total number of specimens; fTotal includes one specimen with concomitant pharyngeal and anal infections; gTotal includes two patients with concomitant pharyngeal and anal infections; hno anorectitis reported by infected patients