ALLMedicine™ Gonorrhea Center

Jul 30th, 2021 - Female sex workers (FSW) are highly susceptible to chlamydia and gonorrhea infection. However, there is limited literature examining their testing uptake to date. This study aimed to assess the uptake and determinants of chlamydia and gonorrhea te...

Jul 27th, 2021 - Sexual networks are difficult to construct due to incomplete sexual partner data. The proximity of people within a network may be inferred from genetically similar infections. We explored genomic data combined with partner services investigation (...

Jul 27th, 2021 - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the US continue to increase at an alarming rate. Since 2015, reported cases of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC), the two most prevalent reportable STIs, have increased by 19% and 5...

Jul 27th, 2021 - Rising to meet the programmatic public health challenges of emerging Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance - Strengthening the United States Response to Resistant Gonorrhea (SURRG).|2021|Schlanger K,Kirkcaldy RD,|

Jul 21st, 2021 - This single-arm open-label pilot trial in Antwerp, Belgium was ended early in accordance with the protocol since twice daily gargling with chlorhexidine 0.2% for six days failed to eradicate Neisseria gonorrhoeae from the oropharynx of asymptomati...

May 26th, 2018 - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) disproportionately affect women and create a preventable threat to their fertility. One factor that contributes to young women's high rates of STIs is reinfection from an untreated sexual partner. One way to ...

Mar 8th, 2017 - Many conditions that can affect women's health are often evaluated through pelvic examination. Although the pelvic examination is a common part of the physical examination, it is unclear whether performing screening pelvic examinations in asymptom...

May 31st, 2016 - Figure. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Clinical Summary Population Asymptomatic, nonpregnant adults and adolescents at increased risk for syphilis infection Recommendation Screen for syphili...

Sep 23rd, 2014 - Update of previous U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for chlamydia (2007) and gonorrhea (2005). The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on screening for chlamydial and gonococcal infections in asymptomatic patients...

Sep 16th, 2014 - BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Sexually active adolescents and adults at increased risk for sexually transmi...

Feb 6th, 2020 - National guidelines have recommended routine STD screening (chlamydia and gonorrhea) for sexually active young women under the age of 25. Despite these recommendations, many young women are not being screened for STDs, with some estimates that les...

Jan 28th, 2020 - Adolescents are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The STI epidemic among youth is a national public health priority as noted in the Healthy People 2020 objectives, which specifically recommend enhanced STI diag...

Nov 13th, 2019 - Study protocol: Initial emergency department history and physical examination (standard procedure). a. Provider identifies patient who is felt to require gonorrhea/chlamydia testing. i. Provider will contact study staff to consent patient. b. Stud...

Oct 4th, 2019 - In Chile, sexually transmitted infections (STI)s, including HIV / AIDS, are the main causes of morbidity in adolescents and young adults. The surveillance bulletin of the Institute of Public Health revealed an increase in cases of gonorrhea, over ...

Oct 19th, 2018 - STDs including Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis, are an urgent problem in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities due to a constellation of risk and contextual factors affecting tribal populations. Geo...

May 19th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new portable, low-cost rapid magnetofluidic platform delivers a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for gonorrhea and simultaneously detects ciprofloxacin resistance, researchers say. The platform, called PROMPT, cou...

Apr 15th, 2021 - Annual cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States jumped for the sixth year in a row in 2019, according to a new CDC report that highlights an increase in congenital syphilis and rising rates of syphilis, chlamydia, and g...

Apr 9th, 2021 - An investigational vaginal gel significantly reduced urogenital chlamydia and gonorrhea in women at high risk for infection, compared with placebo, opening up new possibilities for an on-demand prevention option. Investigators of a randomized tria...

Sep 2nd, 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 11th, 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...