Petrelis Files

December 22, 2004

GPnotebook.co.uk
c/o Dr Damian C. Crowther
The Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Hills Road
Cambridge, UK, CB2 2XY

Dear Dr. Crowther:

I see your web site has again changed its listing for the nonexistent "gay bowel syndrome."

The site now refers to this "syndrome" as "obsolete, and potentially offensive."
>>This is an obsolete, and potentially offensive term, used to refer to a collection of sexually-transmitted enteric infections in HIV infected homosexuals (1, 2).

>>The infective organisms included in this "syndrome" included Shigella, Giardia, Campylobacter-like organisms, Entamoeba, Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis. (Source: http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-603586526)

Since you're now acknowledging it's obsolete, why not simply remove all references to "gay bowel syndrome" from the GP Notebook?

Sincerely,

Michael Petrelis

MPetrelis@aol.com

San Francisco, CA, USA

Ph: 1-415-621-6267