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…
Tag: Infectious diseases – STIs
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…
Could a vaccine finally conquer gonorrhoea?
The intriguing possibility that gonorrhoea could be conquered via vaccination rather than condoms is being actively pursued, just as untreatable strains fuel a global rise…
App Review: Check out this sexual health app that’s removing stigma
Geni is a new app aimed at removing the stigma of sexual health checks for young people and empowering them to take control by booking…
Young Aussies delay GP visits for sexual healthcare during pandemic: study
Patients have put off STI treatment, obtaining contraceptives and screening because they didn’t want to leave home during lockdowns, surveys show…
Presumptive antibiotics for chlamydia ‘leading to overtreatment’
More than half of patients being treated have no STI at all, researchers say.
Patient had syphilis for 50 years before diagnosis
The man, who had been in a monogamous relationship for decades, was found to have neurosyphilis after presenting with presyncope and falls, Austra…
