Chlamydia

The pay-it-forward strategy may increase gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among Chinese men who have sex with men, or MSM, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Seventeen national advocacy organizations have joined to form the National STI Coalition, an effort to advance public health policy goals to combat the rise of sexually transmitted infections.

A 35-year-old woman was referred to the New England Eye Center for a second opinion regarding 4 months of foreign body sensation, discharge and mild blurred vision in the left eye. She had been evaluated by several outside ophthalmologists who prescribed topical antibiotics for presumed bacterial conjunctivitis, but the treatment did not improve her symptoms. The patient’s referring ophthalmologist diagnosed her with giant papillary conjunctivitis and trialed 2 weeks of prednisolone and ketotifen, which was ineffective.

Men and women have comparable Chlamydia trachomatis loads at extragenital locations, which researchers say argues for “similar transmission potential and clinical relevance,” according to findings published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Evofem Biosciences announced that the vaginal gel Amphora demonstrated a 50% and 78% RR reduction for chlamydia and gonorrhea, respectively, in a phase 2b trial.

Researchers documented what are believed to be the first reported cases of neovaginal chlamydia in two transgender women who had recently undergone vaginoplasty, according to a recently published report.

Surveillance data from six U.S. cities showed that only half of HIV-positive men who have sex with men, or MSM, were tested for chlamydia or gonorrhea during visits to HIV clinics in 2016 and 2017, and less than one-third of the screenings involved three-site testing.

Around 2.4 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2018, marking the fifth straight record-breaking year for STDs in the country, the CDC announced today.

Researchers found no association between frequent pubic hair grooming and STI prevalence among female students at one Midwestern college, according to study results published in PLoS One.

Results from a large retrospective study confirmed an association between Chlamydia trachomatis and an increased risk for pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and female infertility, researchers reported.