Infectious Disease

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Questions discussed in this category

Do you recommend routine neurosyphilis testing in patients being evaluated for dementia?

What do you think about chronic suppressive therapy for HSV-2 in a patient with positive antibodies but no prior clinical outbreak?

Would you expect the presence of antibodies to indicate either immunity from contracting the infection, or otherwise risk of transmitting a latent inf...

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What steps do you take to ensure that partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia receive treatment?

Do you take steps beyond recommending to the patient that their partner gets treated? Do you commonly provide an antibiotic prescription for the partn...

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Do you routinely treat patients with neurosyphilis with IM penicillin for 1-3 weeks after completing a full treatment course of IV penicillin?

CDC Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021

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What are your top takeaways from ID Week 2024?

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Do you routinely recommend a lumbar puncture for patients with suspected ocular or otic syphilis in the absence of additional CNS symptoms?

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How have you adjusted your practice for treatment of syphilis in light of the penicillin G benzathine shortage?

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Do you consider late latent syphilis adequately treated if a patient receives a 10-14 day course of IV ceftriaxone for another indication?

Or would you still offer penicillin G benzathine once weekly concurrently?

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Would you give treatment to a male patient with subjective dysuria but no objective pyuria with Ureaplasma urealyticum detected by PCR from urine?

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Does a low serofast RPR titer (such as 1:1 or 1:2) in the setting of a remote history of appropriately treated latent syphilis in a patient with now uveitis of yet unknown etiology referred from ophthalmology for possible ocular syphilis make a diagnosis of ocular syphilis less likely?

What is your approach to guiding ophthalmologists regarding our clinical suspicion for ocular syphilis and does the quantification of the titer help i...

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Do you repeat a lumbar puncture in a patient living with HIV diagnosed with and treated for neurosyphilis and if so, when?

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Can non-16/18 HPV types cause ASCUS and squamous cervical metaplasia on biopsy within 3 months of acquisition, or would it take longer?

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What is the preferred treatment regimen for cardiovascular syphilis, specifically syphilitic ostial coronary artery disease?

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Given recent data for use of doxycycline as post-exposure STD prophylaxis, how have you applied its use in clinical practice?

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What is the recommended treatment regimen for Mycoplasma genitalium in a pregnant woman?

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Are there any non-beta-lactam antibiotic options for treatment of neurosyphilis in non-pregnant adults?