Proctitis [Infectious and Sexually transmitted]

PATHOGENS

• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Chlamydia trachomatis
• Herpes simplex virus
• Mpox
• Treponema pallidum
• Chlamydia trachomatis
• Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) serovars
• Mycoplasma genitalium
• Men who have sex with men (MSM): enteric pathogens may include Salmonella spp, Shigella spp, Entamoeba histolytica, Campylobacter spp and Giardia lamblia.
  • These may be sexually transmitted[5].
• Severely immunocompromised: CMV proctocolitis, usually a reactivation of a previously acquired infection.