ALLMedicine Gonorrhea Center

May 20th, 2020 - Objective: To evaluate clinical efficacy data for gentamicin in the treatment of gonorrhea. Data Sources: A keyword search of PubMed (1966 to April 2020), EMBASE (1947 to April 2020), and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1970 to April 2020)...

May 15th, 2020 - Extragenital gonorrhea (GC) and chlamydia (CT) are usually asymptomatic and only detected through screening. Ceftriaxone plus azithromycin is the recommended GC treatment; monotherapy (azithromycin or doxycycline) is recommended for CT. In urethra...

May 14th, 2020 - Rates of chlamydial and gonococcal infection continue to increase in the United States, as do the associated costs of untreated infections. Improved diagnostic technologies that support testing and treating in 1 clinical visit are critical to adva...

May 13th, 2020 - Trichomoniasis is the most prevalent curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide and a risk factor for the acquisition of other STIs and adverse pregnancy outcomes. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of T. vag...

May 13th, 2020 - To analyze risk factors for the presence of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) in pregnancy and to determine whether pregnant women with STBBIs are more likely to experience adverse pregnancy outcomes. This retrospective coho...

Nov 4th, 2019 - Antibiotics have successfully treated gonorrhea for several decades; however, the bacteria has developed resistance to nearly every drug used for treatment.

Oct 7th, 2019 - Data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show STDs have surged for the fifth consecutive year, reaching an all-time high in the U.S. These dangerous trends in chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis show no sign o...

Sep 9th, 2018 - Your patients can get infections when receiving healthcare, called healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). HAIs are commonly caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens (germs), which may lead to sepsis or death. People can also get antibiotic-resis...

May 20th, 2018 - Sexually transmitted diseases have reached unprecedented high levels, according to the CDC, with more than two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, the highest number ever, reported in the U.S. in 2016. To make matters worse, not o...

Feb 14th, 2018 - Gonorrhea has progressively developed resistance to the antibiotic drugs prescribed to treat it. Following the spread of gonococcal fluoroquinolone resistance, the cephalosporin antibiotics have been the foundation of recommended treatment for gon...

May 25th, 2020 - Cefixime is a cephalosporin antibacterial drug indicated in the treatment of adults and pediatric six months and older with the following infections: Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections ( 1.1) Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis ( 1.3) Acute Exacerbati...

May 20th, 2020 - Objective: To evaluate clinical efficacy data for gentamicin in the treatment of gonorrhea. Data Sources: A keyword search of PubMed (1966 to April 2020), EMBASE (1947 to April 2020), and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1970 to April 2020)...

May 19th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new 30-minute point-of-care (POC) test using self-collected vaginal swabs works as well as lab-based molecular diagnostic tests for detecting chlamydia and gonorrhea, new findings show. The test has the potential to i...

May 15th, 2020 - Extragenital gonorrhea (GC) and chlamydia (CT) are usually asymptomatic and only detected through screening. Ceftriaxone plus azithromycin is the recommended GC treatment; monotherapy (azithromycin or doxycycline) is recommended for CT. In urethra...

May 14th, 2020 - Rates of chlamydial and gonococcal infection continue to increase in the United States, as do the associated costs of untreated infections. Improved diagnostic technologies that support testing and treating in 1 clinical visit are critical to adva...

May 19th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new 30-minute point-of-care (POC) test using self-collected vaginal swabs works as well as lab-based molecular diagnostic tests for detecting chlamydia and gonorrhea, new findings show. The test has the potential to i...

Mar 16th, 2020 - Testing rates for HIV in adolescents and young adults with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are suboptimal, according to Danielle Petsis, MPH, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and associates. Courtesy Dr.

Mar 2nd, 2020 - Our patient underwent diagnostic laparoscopy, hysterectomy, left salpingo-­oophorectomy, and right salpingectomy (with her right ovary left in place due to her perimenopausal status). Intraoperatively, she was found to have cervical stenosis.

Nov 4th, 2019 - Antibiotics have successfully treated gonorrhea for several decades; however, the bacteria has developed resistance to nearly every drug used for treatment.

Oct 29th, 2019 - By Reuters Staff (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Monday it has begun two late-stage studies testing its experimental antibiotic in patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections or gonorrhea. The antibiotic, gepotidacin, is the first...