Chlamydia retesting too low in young women: Aussie study
Sexual health doctors say chlamydia retesting rates in Australia are suboptimal, with just one in six young women being tested for reinfection within the guideline-recommended…
Tag: STI
Consider doxy-PEP as morning after pill for syphilis prevention, doctors say
Leading sexual health physicians have cautiously backed the use of doxycycline as a morning after pill for STI prevention in high-risk gay and bisexual men.…
Rare phenomenon delays diagnosis
A 60-year-old heterosexual male presents to his GP with a three-week history of fatigue, arthralgia and night sweats. Blood tests reveal liver function derangement with…
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…
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…
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…
Spot Dx — What’s behind this painful red eye?
Tim is a 35-year-old office worker who presents with a three-day history of a painful red eye. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz…
Girl contracts gonorrhoea in natural hot pool: case
The 11-year-old "almost certainly" picked up the infection at the popular Italian tourist attraction, say case report authors.
Why is PrEP less effective in women?
Efficacy rates for the therapy for women vary wildly from -49-75%.
The risk of PID in women more than doubles post-chlamydia
The finding highlights the need for targeted CT screening of high-risk groups: researchers.
