Sexually Transmitted Infection

Clinicians can help prevent sexually transmitted infections by providing behavioral counseling to all sexually active teenagers and adults who are at increased risk for STIs, the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force said in a draft recommendation today.

Healio spoke with several experts about the feasibility of developing a pentavalent influenza vaccine to offer greater protection against H3N2. This was the top story in infectious disease last week.

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.

Compared with the general population, researchers found that the incidence of syphilis was more than 3 times greater in patients with ESKD.

The clinical trial design for testing new urogenital gonorrhea treatments needs to be re-evaluated, researchers said.

Among the top stories in infectious disease last week were findings that showed doxycycline prophylaxis may be a promising strategy to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections, and a study that indicated UTIs are increasingly diagnosed in outpatient settings through virtual care.

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.

In this video, Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, discusses her presentation at ASM Microbe on sexually transmitted infections, which focused, in part, on the “current epidemic” of these infections among patients with HIV.