Most office-based physicians who provide STI services report not having on-site access to the recommended injectable medications for same-day treatment of gonorrhea and syphilis.
Investigators of this study sought to compare the efficacy of a community health nursing intervention vs standard of care to improve self-management of pelvic inflammatory disease.
Investigators found a decline in pediatric herpes zoster incidence and a significantly lower incidence among vaccinated children.
The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to binx io for a molecular point-of-care diagnostic testing platform for detecting chlamydia and gonorrhea in approximately 30 minutes.
A 2-dose course of recombinant zoster vaccine decreased the incidence of herpes zoster in adults who had undergone recent autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Researchers at the National Institute for Health Research Imperial Clinical Research Facility at Hammersmith Hospital in London have demonstrated immunogenic responses in the first human phase 1 trial of a novel vaccine for the prevention of C trachomatis infection.
Emerging evidence suggests that Ureaplasma spp, specifically Ureaplasma urealyticum but not Ureaplasma parvum, may play a causal role in the development of nongonococcal urethritis and infertility in men.
Despite these soaring rates, sexual behavior and STD risk are not common topics of discussion between patients and clinicians.
The majority of patients who chose to receive notification of STD results via electronic messaging, including via text message, and/or email, to be satisfactory and easy.
A recent study evaluated the frequency and characteristics that predicted coinfection of M genitalium and chlamydia in women.
