Primary reference for gonorrhea, chlamydia, LGV, HSV, syphilis proctitis management
IDSA/ASM Microbiology Laboratory Guide for Infectious Disease Diagnosis 2024
NAAT testing standards and rectal swab recommendations
IDSA Opportunistic Infections Guidelines in HIV 2025
CMV and HSV management in HIV-positive patients
IBD guidelines
ACG Clinical Guideline Update: Ulcerative Colitis in Adults 2025 (Rubin et al, Am J Gastroenterol)
Mesalamine suppository as first-line for ulcerative proctitis
AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis 2019 (Ko et al, Gastroenterology)
Topical vs systemic therapy recommendations
Radiation proctitis guidelines
ASCRS Clinical Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Chronic Radiation Proctitis 2018 (Paquette et al, Dis Colon Rectum)
APC, sucralfate, hyperbaric oxygen, and surgical indications
Key reviews
McNeil CJ et al. Proctitis: An Approach to the Symptomatic Patient. Med Clin North Am 2024
Hall R et al. Separating Infectious Proctitis From IBD. Microorganisms 2024
Wu XR et al. Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management of Ulcerative Proctitis, Chronic Radiation Proctopathy, and Diversion Proctitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2015
Coding references
ICD-10 codes for proctitis spectrum
K62.89 Other specified diseases of rectum (proctitis NOS)
K51.20 Ulcerative proctitis without complications
A54.6 Gonococcal infection of anus and rectum
A56.3 Chlamydial infection of anus and rectum
A55 Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)
K62.7 Radiation proctitis
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