Doxycycline

Doxycycline reduced the risk for Clostridioides difficile infection by almost half compared with azithromycin among patients hospitalized with community-acquire pneumonia who had a C. difficile infection in the past year, a study found.

Adding doxycycline to single-dose benzathine penicillin G — the preferred treatment for early syphilis — achieved higher serologic responses in people with HIV than benzathine penicillin G, researchers found.

Azithromycin showed equivalent efficacy to doxycycline in treating moderate to severe meibomian gland dysfunction, with reduced dosing and potentially fewer gastrointestinal adverse events, a study found.

Antibiotic use for the treatment of acne frequently extended beyond the duration of 3 to 4 months recommended by the American Academy of Dermatology, according to a study.

A combination therapy of IV doxycycline and azithromycin was more effective for the treatment of severe scrub typhus than using either drug alone, according to findings published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

After many infectious disease fellowship programs went unfilled on the latest Match Day, physicians in the field shared why they think the area has recently become more undesirable than in previous years.

SEATTLE — Studies continue to show that taking doxycycline after having unprotected sex can prevent STIs in transgender women and men who have sex with men. What has been unclear is whether it also works for cisgender women.

SAN DIEGO — Results from a pilot study showed that low-dose doxycycline may hold promise as an adjunct treatment for IOP reduction, according to a poster presented at Academy 2022.

Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc, declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

A second study has shown that taking a single dose of doxycycline within 3 days of having condomless sex can prevent sexually transmitted infections.