A dramatic skin reaction to penicillin
Hours afters being treated, a patient returns in distress with a worsening rash.
Tag: Infectious diseases – STIs
Monthly antiviral injections as ‘effective as daily oral treatment’ for HIV
Convenience could outweigh the cost of having to receive monthly injections for many.
Early ART reduces anal cancer: study
Findings show that sustained undetectable viral loads could reduce the risk by half.
M. genitalium high in PrEP users
Azithromycin may no longer be effective as treatment.
Does sex really increase cancer risk?
A study published last week, and covered on 6minutes, claims to have found a link between having had 10 or more sexual partners and an increased risk…
Japan’s HPV vaccination crisis set to ‘kill thousands’
Australian researchers model how vaccine hesitancy can set back cervical cancer elimination.
Positive HPV screening tests are creating patient panic
Too many women still confused over implications of test results.
What the discovery of a new HIV strain means for the epidemic
The discovery of a rare new strain of HIV for the first time in nearly 20 years recently made headlines around the world. The big…
M. genitalium: rising numbers but ‘no need’ for routine testing
First report of hospital epidemiology for the bacterium in Australia.
PrEP users experience less HIV-related anxiety: Australian study
This benefit should be used to promote the drug among eligible men, researcher says.
