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Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity among heterosexual men and men who have sex with men attending a large urban sexual health service in Australia, 2002-2009

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background To determine whether chlamydia positivity among heterosexual men (MSW) and chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity among men who have sex with men (MSM), are changing.
Leslie David, Fehler Glenda, Fairley Christopher K, Vodstrcil Lenka A, Walker Jennifer, Bradshaw Catriona S, Hocking Jane S   +6 more
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The impact of HIV infection and socioeconomic factors on the incidence of gonorrhea: A county-level, US-wide analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundGonorrhea is the second most commonly reported identifiable disease in the United States (U.S.). Importantly, more than 25% of gonorrheal infections demonstrate antibiotic resistance, leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Nikolaos Andreatos, Christos Grigoras, Fadi Shehadeh, Elina Eleftheria Pliakos, Georgianna Stoukides, Jenna Port, Myrto Eleni Flokas, Eleftherios Mylonakis   +7 more
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Enhancing gonorrhea surveillance in China by testing females in gynecology clinics: Lessons learned from a pilot survey

PLoS ONE, 2020
Objectives China has a high burden of gonorrhea, but an imbalanced male-to-female (M/F) ratio of reported cases. Therefore, the prevalence of gonorrhea in China may be underestimated due to inadequate testing of potentially infected females.
Wen-Ge Li, Chang-Hui Cai, Xin-Chao Cai, Shao-Chun Chen, Stijn van der Veen, Yue-Ping Yin, William M. Shafer   +6 more
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Adaptive guidelines for the treatment of gonorrhea to increase the effective life span of antibiotics among men who have sex with men in the United States: A mathematical modeling study.

PLoS Medicine, 2020
BackgroundThe rise of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance highlights the need for strategies that extend the clinically useful life span of antibiotics.
Reza Yaesoubi, Ted Cohen, Katherine Hsu, Thomas L Gift, Harrell Chesson, Joshua A Salomon, Yonatan H Grad   +6 more
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Gonorrhea – an evolving disease of the new millennium

, 2016
Etiology, transmission and protection: Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the gonococcus) is the etiological agent for the strictly human sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea.
Stuart A. Hill, Thao L. Masters, Jenny Wachter   +2 more
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Optimizing Treatment of Antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
The increasing prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae has required replacing inexpensive oral ciprofloxacin treatment with more expensive injectable ceftriaxone.
Kakoli Roy, Susan A. Wang, Martin I. Meltzer   +2 more
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Gonorrhea and chlamydia prevalence in different anatomical sites among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background A high rectal and oropharyngeal sexually transmitted infection (STI) burden has been reported among men who have sex with men (MSM) in many regions, but little data exists on rectal and oropharyngeal STIs among MSM in China.
Li-Gang Yang, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Pei-Zhen Zhao, Zheng-Yu Chen, Wu-Jian Ke, Xu-Qi Ren, Liu-Yuan Wang, Wei-Ying Chen, Joseph D. Tucker   +8 more
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Screening for Syphilis in Cases of Suspected Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Infections

Global Pediatric Health, 2017
Background . In all cases of suspected sexually transmitted infections (STIs), it has been routine practice to screen for syphilis with a blood sample. The incidence of syphilis seems to be lower than that of commonly screened STIs. Objective .
Kumara V. Nibhanipudi MD, FAAP, FAAEM, Kenneth Cody MD   +1 more
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Uptake and correlates of chlamydia and gonorrhea testing among female sex workers in Southern China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Female sex workers (FSW) are highly susceptible to chlamydia and gonorrhea infection. However, there is limited literature examining their testing uptake to date.
Pei Zhen Zhao, Ya Jie Wang, Huan Huan Cheng, Ye Zhang, Wei Ming Tang, Fan Yang, Wei Zhang, Ji Yuan Zhou, Cheng Wang   +8 more
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Lupus Flare: An Uncommon Presentation of Disseminated Gonorrhea

Case Reports in Medicine, 2014
Gonorrhea is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the US with 700,000 annual cases. Although most cases of gonorrhea are localized, approximately 0.5–3% become disseminated.
Uyen To, Joyce Kim, David Chia
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