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From:ConsultantPeer-ReviewedByline: DAVID S. REITMAN, MD ABSTRACT: Rates of gonorrhea and chlamydial infection are highest among females 15 to 24 years old. Because these infections are usually asymptomatic and are discovered only during...
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From:Sexually Transmitted Infections (Vol. 78, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective: To assess and compare current disease related behavioural and sociodemographic characteristics of male gonorrhoea patients in the greater area of Athens, Greece. Methods: A 3 year cross sectional hospital...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 104, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjectives. To determine whether repeated school-based screening and treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhea will decrease the prevalence of infection among students. Design. At three high schools serving over 2000...
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From:Sexually Transmitted Infections (Vol. 78, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjectives: To determine the true prevalence and patterns of resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to antimicrobial agents used for therapy in London. Methods: A longitudinal study of a representative sample of...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedBackground The increases in STI rates since the late 1990s in Canada have occurred despite widespread primary care and targeted public health programs and in the setting of universal health care. More innovative...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 36, Issue 17)MONTEREY, CALIF. -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guide lines for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases for the first time since 2002. The new guidelines recommend...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 30, Issue 4)NEW YORK -- A hot, swollen, arthritic joint in a sexually active young adult is disseminated gonorrhea until proven otherwise, Dr. Diane Birnbaumer said at a meeting on primary care emergencies sponsored by Symposia...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 56, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedKey points The CDC no longer recommends the use of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of gonococcal infections and associated conditions such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). * Consequently, only one class of...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 30, Issue 21)Cultures from a cluster of gonorrhea cases in Kansas City, Mo., displayed decreased susceptibility to azithromycin--not the drug of choice for the disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The...
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From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 180, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedKey points * Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to antibiotics, including quinolones, has increased rapidly in recent years and has reduced the options for treatment. * Studies have shown the wide and global...
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From:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases (Vol. 2, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Manju. Bala, Seema. Sood Gonorrhea, a disease of public health importance, not only leads to high incidence of acute infections and complications but also plays a major role in facilitating human...
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From:American Family Physician (Vol. 106, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedBinx IO is a cartridge-based test with a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) waiver that detects Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in patients with or without symptoms. (1) The...
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From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 17, Issue 11)ALL SEXUALLY active females up to age 24 years should be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea, according to updated recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The group also recommends such...
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From:Sexually Transmitted Infections (Vol. 79, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedJ. Corkhil, N. Komolafe, T. Neal, A. Mortimore, A. Alawattegama, C.A. Hart. Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK Introduction: A surveillance study of the apa-types of ciprofloxacin resistant gonorrhoea in...
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From:Sexually Transmitted Infections (Vol. 78, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective: To describe the characteristics of gonorrhoea and prostitution in Kermanshah, Iran. Method: From 1997 through 2000, 100 male gonorrhoea patients were followed for a mean of 18 months (range 8--42 months)....
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 317, Issue 7165) Peer-ReviewedMany of those attending genitourinary medicine clinics who are aware of being positive for HIV infection are diagnosed as having new episodes of sexually transmitted diseases,[1] and evidence suggests that unsafe sexual...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 30, Issue 11)Perhaps the folks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention missed their history lesson on Prohibition. Or maybe they just don't like cheap beer. They concluded that raising the tax on a six-pack by 20 cents...
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From:Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol. 104, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVES: To document risk behaviours and prevalence of chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections among adolescents aged 14 to 17 years entering care in Quebec Youth Protection Centres (YPC). METHODS: From July 2008 to...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Sexually Transmitted Infections, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), continue to be a global health problem. Increased access to point-of-care-tests (POCTs) could help detect...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 31, Issue 5)MILWAUKEE -- The U.S. gonorrhea rate increased 9% between 1997 and 1999 after 20 years of steady decline, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In contrast, syphilis rates...