Course: Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis and Sexually Transmitted Infections
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2023-09-22
Bacterial and protozoal sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause more than 1 million treatable STIs daily worldwide. Bacterial STIs can cause significant morbidity. Syphilis can cause meningitis, deafness, blindness, and congenital sequelae, including stillbirth and neonatal death. Chlamydia or gonorrheal infection can cause infertility. Although most bacterial STIs are treatable with accessible and inexpensive antibiotics, challenges to effective STI prevention remain., Asymptomatic infections are common and may be more prevalent among individuals with low health literacy and among those who have difficulty accessing care and/or avoid medical treatment because of anticipated stigma. STI control programs have traditionally used contact tracing to identify partners of newly diagnosed individuals, but this approach is challenging when individuals meet anonymous partners and public health programs have limited resources.
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