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The fight against sexually transmitted infections cannot stop in the COVID-19 era: a brazilian experience in online training for sexually transmitted infections guidelines

DST, 2022
Introduction: The Brazilian Ministry of Health had planned face-to-face workshops for professional training about the Clinical Protocols and Therapeutic Guidelines for Comprehensive Care for People with Sexually Transmitted Infections for the year 2020.
Pâmela Cristina Gaspar, Adriano Santiago Dias dos Santos, Lutigardes Bastos Santana, Mayra Gonçalves Aragón, Nádia Maria da Silva Machado, Miguel Angel Aragón López, Mauro Romero Leal Passos, Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Angélica Espinosa Miranda   +8 more
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Outcomes of infectious syphilis in pregnant patients and maternal factors associated with congenital syphilis diagnosis, Alberta, 2017–2020

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2022
Background: Congenital syphilis (CS) is a significant public health challenge, requiring early diagnosis and treatment to improve infant outcomes. The aim of this study is to describe public health outcomes of infectious syphilis cases among pregnant ...
Jennifer Gratrix, Jennifer Karwacki, Lynn Eagle, Lindsay Rathjen, Ameeta Singh, Angel Chu   +5 more
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Online sex-seeking among Chinese heterosexual men who seek care in sexually transmitted infections clinics: a cross-sectional study

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background The Internet has become an important virtual venue for men who have sex with men to seek sexual partners, with a high potential threat to spread sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Changchang Li, Weiming Tang, Hung Chak Ho, Peizhen Zhao, Lei Chen, Yajie Wang, Mingzhou Xiong, Bin Yang, Heping Zheng, Cheng Wang   +9 more
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A rapid review of antenatal hepatitis C virus testing in the United Kingdom

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background The United Kingdom (UK) has committed to the World Health Organization’s viral hepatitis elimination targets. New case finding strategies, such as antenatal testing, may be needed to achieve these targets.
M. P. Hibbert, R. Simmons, S. Mandal, C. A. Sabin, M. Desai   +4 more
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Perspectives and challenges for mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B, and syphilis in Brazil

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundEliminating mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, hepatitis B, and syphilis is a challenge in Brazil. Many policies have been implemented since 1986, but important gaps remain. This study aimed to describe the trends of MTCT in Brazil and
Angelica E. Miranda, Angelica E. Miranda, Patricia C. Santos, Ronaldo A. Coelho, Ana Roberta P. Pascom, Leonor Henriette de Lannoy, Leonor Henriette de Lannoy, Ana Cristina Garcia Ferreira, Pamela Cristina Gaspar, Pamela Cristina Gaspar, Ethel Leonor Maciel, Ethel Leonor Maciel, Draurio Barreira, Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira   +13 more
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First National Genomic Epidemiological Study of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strains Spreading Across Sweden in 2016

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The increasing transmission and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a global health concern with worrying trends of decreasing susceptibility to also the last-line extended-spectrum cephalosporin (ESC) ceftriaxone.
Ronza Hadad, Daniel Golparian, Inga Velicko, Anna-Karin Ohlsson, Ylva Lindroth, Eva-Lena Ericson, Hans Fredlund, Lars Engstrand, Magnus Unemo   +8 more
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Assessment of the Accuracy, Usability and Acceptability of a Rapid Test for the Simultaneous Diagnosis of Syphilis and HIV Infection in a Real-Life Scenario in the Amazon Region, Brazil

Diagnostics, 2023
We field-assessed the accuracy, acceptability, and feasibility of the SD BIOLINE HIV/Syphilis Duo rapid diagnostic test in three groups: pregnant women, female sex workers (FSW), and men who have sex with men (MSM).
Daniela Cristina Soares, Luciano Chaves Franco Filho, Herald Souza dos Reis, Yan Corrêa Rodrigues, Felipe Bonfim Freitas, Cintya de Oliveira Souza, Giseli Nogueira Damacena, Nazle Mendonça Collaço Véras, Pamela Cristina Gaspar, Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Joana da Felicidade Ribeiro Favacho, Olinda Macedo, Maria Luiza Bazzo   +12 more
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Vaginal Tablets of Metronidazole (750 mg) plus Miconazole Nitrate (200 mg) versus Oral Metronidazole (2 g) for Bacterial Vaginosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Siriraj Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To compare the cure rates, side effects, satisfaction, and recurrence rates of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in women having vaginal tablets of metronidazole (750 mg) plus miconazole (200 mg)—the “NPF group”—versus oral metronidazole (2 g)—the “MET
Manopchai Thamkhantho, Chenchit Chayachinda, Chanita Lertaroonchai   +2 more
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Macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance-associated mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007–2014

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Antimicrobial resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium is rising globally with resultant clinical treatment failure. We investigated the prevalence of mutations in the macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance-determining regions of M. genitalium in
Etienne E. Muller, Mahlape P. Mahlangu, David A. Lewis, Ranmini S. Kularatne   +3 more
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Mycoplasma genitalium in Singapore is associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection and displays high macrolide and Fluoroquinolone resistance rates

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Mycoplasma genitalium is an emerging sexually transmitted infection, with increasing rates of resistance to fluroquinolones and macrolides, the recommended treatments. Despite this, M.
Tim Hart, Wen Ying Tang, Siti Aminah bte Mansoor, Martin T. W. Chio, Timothy Barkham   +4 more
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