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Optimizing Treatment of Antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

open access: yesEmerging 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Condoms are more effective when applied by males: a study of young black males in the United States

open access: yes, 2014
PurposeTo determine, among a sample of young black male (YBM), whether female application of male condoms for penile–vaginal intercourse would be associated with higher or lower rates of breakage or slippage.
Crosby, Richard A.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Products of Compartmental Models in Epidemiology. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We show that many structured epidemic models may be described using a straightforward product structure in this paper. Such products, derived from products of directed graphs, may represent useful refinements including geographic and demographic ...
Porco, Travis C, Worden, Lee
core   +4 more sources

IS GONORRHEA INCURABLE? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association, 1919
To the Editor: —The doctrine that gonorrhea in the male is incurable seems, for certain reasons, to be gaining ground among physicians and laymen alike. As one of those who dissent from this belief—which, if erroneous, is fraught with harm—I desire to emphasize the distinction between incurable and uncured .
openaire   +2 more sources

Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lupus Flare: An Uncommon Presentation of Disseminated Gonorrhea

open access: yesCase 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
doaj   +1 more source

GONORRHEA IN WOMEN. [PDF]

open access: yesJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1899
There is no malady to which womankind is liable that should engage more consideration than gonorrhea. Strewn in the train of its ubiquitous and wily germ are pathologic ravages of surpassing import in their clinical and moral consequences, yet hardly recognized or understood.
openaire   +3 more sources

Navigating an STI diagnosis: The role of social support, intergenerational learning, and transformative growth among Black women

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Black women face a myriad of challenges that heighten their susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), resulting in a disproportionate impact of STIs among this population. Yet, there is a lack of research that explores how women navigate these diagnoses with resilience.
Jaleah D. Rutledge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gonorrhea and chlamydia prevalence in different anatomical sites among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China

open access: yesBMC 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Association between Use of Online Social Networks to Find Sex Partners and Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnosis among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women Living with HIV. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions to examine the association between the use of social media sites to find sex partners and recent diagnosis of sexually transmitted ...
Hightow-Weidman, Lisa   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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