Gonorrhea

A new portable, rapid test can detect Neisseria gonorrhoeae in less than 15 minutes — faster than standard-of-care tests that can take hours or days.

The CDC announced a record number of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases in the United States in 2019. It was the top story in infectious disease last week.

The United States reported more than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in 2019, setting a record for STDs for a sixth consecutive year, the CDC said.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to screen for chlamydia and gonorrhea in all sexually active women aged 24 years and younger.

Despite national guidelines recommending that sexually active people with HIV be tested annually for STIs, many transgender women with HIV are not tested for syphilis, chlamydia or gonorrhea, researchers reported.

A fifth COVID-19 vaccine has reached phase 3 development in the Unites States, according to the NIH. It was the top story in infectious disease last week.

In updated guidance published Friday in MMWR, the CDC recommended a 500 mg intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone by itself to treat uncomplicated gonorrhea.

After hitting record highs for years before the COVID-19 pandemic, reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis dipped below projections for 2020 in the United States, researchers reported.

Vaginal swab samples collected by patients performed similarly to lab-based molecular diagnostics for chlamydia and gonorrhea testing, therefore supporting the use of a new 30-minute point-of-case assay, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

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.