According to Public Health France, bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, saw a significant increase in France between 2020 and 2022. In 2022, chlamydia infections increased by 16%, gonorrhea by 91%, and syphilis by 110% compared to 2020. Researchers from Sorbonne University, Inserm, and the Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health reached these conclusions based on data from the Sentinelles network.
Since 2020, screening for bacterial STIs in general practice has increased. Cases of gonorrhea or syphilis were more common in men, with more multiple partners, a greater history of STIs, more HIV co-infections, and more HIV preventive treatment than those with chlamydia.
Bacterial STIs have been on the rise again in Western countries since the early 2000s, after a 20-year decline following the AIDS epidemic. At the same time, condom use during sexual intercourse has decreased. STIs are a major public health problem due to their transmissibility, frequency, the long-term complications they cause, and their role in HIV transmission. The study authors emphasize the importance of continuing combined screening efforts for all STIs in patients and their partners.
 Frank Verain
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13/12/2023 | 
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