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Changes in Clinic-Level STI Burden After Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation in an Urban Sexual Health Clinic

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT: In an urban sexual health clinic, a substantial portion of the clinic population initiated doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for bacterial STIs in the first 12 months, and implementation of doxyPEP was associated with a subsequent decrease in clinic-level chlamydia and syphilis positivity, but no change in overall gonorrhea positivity.

Source: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000002206

Authors: Jana Jarolimova, Ingrid V. Bassett, Laura Platt, Christine Germain, Robert A. Parker, Kevin L. Ard

Institutions: Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive tract infections research

Subfield: Microbiology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases