Sexual history, anogenital examination, and STI testing were documented as performed at a higher rate in ID clinic compared to ED or PCP settings. STIs were diagnosed in 20.4% of patients diagnosed with mpox; syphilis was the most common STI among patients diagnosed with mpox (17.5%). ...
syphilis was close to elimination, and advances in chlamydia diagnostics made it easier to detect infections,”Raul Romaguera, MPH, acting director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC said in the announcement. “That progress has been lost, due in part to challenges to our public heal...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finalized its guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis against bacterial sexually transmitted infections on Tuesday. For groups at higher risk of contracting syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, the agency now recommends taking doxycycline, an antibiotic, within...
These guidelines are supported by findings from an NIH-funded study published in theNew England Journal of Medicineearlier this year, which reported thatdoxycycline PEP reduces STI rates by approximately two-thirds. The open-label randomized clinical trial focused on men who have sex with men (...
To evaluate clinician adherence to guidelines for documentation of sexual history and screening for sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV infection duri... MK Goyal,R Witt,KL Hayes,... - 《J Pediatr》 被引量: 30发表: 2014年 加载更多研究...
RESULTS. Significant deviations from CDC guidelines were observed: 78.8% of practitioners took inadequate sexual history, 95.0% did not order comprehensive STI screening (gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, and syphilis), and only 60.8% initiated empiric antibiotic therapy. Of those, only 71.6% were guide...
If the draft recommendation is adopted, Doxy-PEP would be recommended for gay andbisexual men; other men who have sex with men; andtransgender womenwho have been diagnosed with at least one STI caused by bacteria in the past year. Those infections include gonorrhea, chlamydia or syphilis. ...
illustrating we have to work to encourage CDC recommended treatment, especially by private providers. Treatment is critical to addressing the nationwide epidemic of rising STI rates." Dr. Dixon is also a professor of epidemiology at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health...