#VisualAbstract: Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Effectively Prevents Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Tag: gonorrhea
Novel lateral flow assay effective for point-of-care detection of Neisseria gonorrhea in symptomatic patients
1. Novel assay, NG-LFA, showed strong sensitivity and specificity compared to NG-PCR in both urine and vaginal specimens. 2. NG-MAST ...
The 2 Minute Medicine Podcast Episode 30
Welcome to the 2 Minute Medicine Podcast, summarizing the latest medical studies, curated and written by practicing physicians. On this ...
The Scan by 2 Minute Medicine®: Curbing Cravings with Zepbound, Tales of Transplants, New Gonorrhea Treatment, and Preterm Problems
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Testing for sexually transmitted infections is infrequent among high school students in the United States
1. In a 2019 national survey of 2501 high school students across the United States, only 20.4% of those who ...
Quick Take: Gentamicin compared with ceftriaxone for the treatment of gonorrhoea (G-ToG)
Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted infection associated with local inflammation causing genital pain, pelvic inflammatory disease, increased HIV acquisition ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 6, 2019
Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): ...
Pre-exposure HIV prophylaxis may lead to riskier behavior and increased STIs
1. In this population intervention study, receipt of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was associated with an increased incidence of STIs ...
Zoliflodacin (ETX0914) effectively treats urogenital gonorrhea
1. Patients with uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea treated with the novel antibiotic zoliflodacin, developed in part due to increasingly antibiotic resistant ...
Patient Basics: Gonorrhea
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by bacteria ...