Chlamydia trachomatis proctitis masquerading as carcinoma rectum: First case report from India

• Main Authors: Benu Dhawan (Author), Govind Kumar Makharia (Author), Deepak Juyal (Author), Sujeesh Sebastian (Author), Riti Bhatia (Author), Neena Khanna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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While proctitis is caused both by infectious and noninfectious causes, infectious causes are acquired typically sexually. Chlamydia trachomatis, which is the most frequent bacterial pathogen causing sexually transmitted infections worldwide, is one of the causative agents of proctitis. We report a c...