ALLMedicine™ Gonorrhea Center

Feb 26th, 2021 - A key challenge of HIV surveillance-based HIV care re-engagement is locating people living with HIV (PLWH) who appear to be out of care in order to re-engage them in care. Providing re-engagement services to PLWH diagnosed with an STD - individual...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Female sex workers (FSW) have elevated rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV, yet few studies in the US have characterized the STI burden in this population. Data were derived from the EMERALD study, a structural community-b...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Male-to-male sexual contact remains the primary mode of transmission for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States. Reported STI rates in men who have sex with men (MSM) taking HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are...

Feb 22nd, 2021 - Prostatitis is one of the most common urologic diseases in ambulatory patients. However, prostatitis data are limited from the emergency department (ED) setting. A data set was examined of patients age 18 years or older who received urinalysis and...

Feb 17th, 2021 - Prescription opioid misuse is associated with behaviors which increase bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STD) risk among men who have sex with men (MSM). Annual syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening is recommended for sexually active...

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...

Feb 26th, 2021 - A key challenge of HIV surveillance-based HIV care re-engagement is locating people living with HIV (PLWH) who appear to be out of care in order to re-engage them in care. Providing re-engagement services to PLWH diagnosed with an STD - individual...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Female sex workers (FSW) have elevated rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV, yet few studies in the US have characterized the STI burden in this population. Data were derived from the EMERALD study, a structural community-b...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Male-to-male sexual contact remains the primary mode of transmission for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States. Reported STI rates in men who have sex with men (MSM) taking HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are...

Feb 22nd, 2021 - Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibacterial indicated in adults (18 years of age and older) with the following infections caused by designated, susceptible bacteria and in pediatric patients where indicated: Skin and Skin Structure Infections...

Feb 22nd, 2021 - Recent Major Changes Section Indications and Usage, Gonorrhea (1.5) Removed 9/2015 Dosage and Administration, Gonorrhea (2.1)            Removed 9/2015 Indications & Usage Section Amoxicillin tablets are a penicillin-class antibacterial indicate...

Sep 1st, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea rose from 2010-2017 among women ages 25-30, a new study reveals. Current screening guidelines, which set the cutoff age as 24, "are not sufficient given today's societal norms, where wom...

Aug 10th, 2020 - A simple test can identify which patients with gonorrhea can be treated with a single pill rather than a painful injection, researchers report. This type of testing "is the wave of the future," Aaron E. Glatt, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Infectious Di...

Aug 10th, 2020 - A simple test can identify which patients with gonorrhea can be treated with a single pill rather than a painful injection, researchers report. This type of testing "is the wave of the future," Aaron E. Glatt, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Infectious Di...

Aug 10th, 2020 - Answer 5/5 Which of the following infectious illnesses can cause mental status changes, such as psychosis, and should be ruled out in the differential diagnosis of schizophrenia? Your peers chose: HIV 0% Gonorrhea 0% Chlamydia 0% Cellulitis 0% HIV...

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...