PBAC approves long-acting injectable PrEP for HIV
Patients with contraindications to daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis could soon access a PBS-subsidised long-acting injectable. Following its September meeting, the PBAC has recommended a…
Tag: Infectious diseases – STIs
Doctors warn sexual health clinics under pressure as STI cases rise
A leading sexual health specialist has warned STIs are rising in part due to the “vicious cycle” of clinics struggling to meet higher demand. Melbourne…
Spot Dx — What’s behind these lesions?
Jasmine, a 24-year-old hairdresser, presents to her GP concerned about some genital lesions that have developed over the last few weeks. Test your clinical know-how…
Is doxycycline PEP the new morning after pill for STIs?
A single dose of doxycycline taken within three days of condomless sex cuts the risk of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis diagnoses by two thirds among…
A GP guide to gonorrhoea
Need to know: Gonorrhoea is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a Gram-negative diplococcus (see figure 1). Notifications have been increasing, although in 2020 there…
Morning-after antibiotics may help curb STIs
Using doxycycline about 72 hours after unprotected sex prevented chlamydia and syphilis cases in high risk groups, researchers have reported. The findings looked at the…
Azithromycin no longer first line for chlamydia: new guidance
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the correct special management regimens for complicated Mycoplasma genitalium infection. For the two combination treatment scenarios involving…
Quiz — Did you fail to warn about genital herpes?
Your patient cross claims against you after he was successfully sued for infecting an ex-partner with an STD. Are you likely to win this case?…
Pandemic fails to curb syphilis rise among young women
The congenital cases being seen represent a 'health system failure', conference hears.
Quiz – Your former patient is diagnosed with HIV: Have you been negligent?
You order STI checks for a couple, but don't see the results. Sometime later, you hear that one of them is HIV-positive and her partner has left th…
