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Study supports use of 21 days doxycycline to treat LGV

Dutch investigators have found evidence supporting the recommended 21 days of doxycycline treatment for the sexually transmitted infection lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). In an article published

Published
03 February 2009
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
Herpes drug has direct anti-HIV effect, could offer cheap addition to antiretroviral therapy for developing world

Aciclovir, a drug commonly used in the treatment of genital herpes, also suppresses HIV activity in cells already infected with herpes viruses, researchers from the

Published
11 September 2008
By
Keith Alcorn
Transmission and prevention
HSV-2 suppression with aciclovir and HIV transmission: further conflicting data from randomised studies

In a series of oral presentations at the XVII International AIDS Conference last week, investigators presented data from several trials on whether continuous use of

Published
15 August 2008
By
Derek Thaczuk
Sexually transmitted infections
Resistance means ciprofloxacin should no longer be used to treat gonorrhoea in South Africa, says study

Ciprofloxacin should no longer be used for the first-line treatment of gonorrhoea in South Africa, researchers recommend in a study published in the online edition

Published
28 July 2008
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
Antiretroviral use may improve syphilis treatment outcomes in coinfected people

People with HIV who are taking antiretroviral therapy are less likely to experience the failure of syphilis treatment and less likely to develop neurosyphilis, according

Published
26 June 2008
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology
Offer presumptive treatment for STIs to gay men testing HIV-positive

Gay men testing HIV-positive at point-of-care testing centres (which provide test results the same day) should be given presumptive treatment for gonorrhoea and chlamydia, investigators

Published
01 May 2008
By
Michael Carter
Resistance
Don't use azithromycin for gonorrhoea: six cases of high-level resistance in the UK

Strains of gonorrhoea with high levels of resistance to the antibiotic azithromycin have emerged in the United Kingdom, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) is warning. The

Published
11 April 2008
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
Study confirms cost-effectiveness of STI management in HIV control

In sub-Saharan Africa, the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains a cost-effective strategy for controlling HIV in a number of different scenarios, report an

Published
26 March 2008
By
Kelly Morris
Sexually transmitted infections
High rate of trichomonas treatment failure in women with HIV

A study of recurrent Trichomonas vaginalis infections among women in Louisiana has found similarly high rates of treatment failure for this infection among both HIV-positive

Published
14 March 2008
By
Derek Thaczuk
Sexually transmitted infections tests and treatment
Herpes treatment in Africa: time for a rethink?

Giving people with genital herpes an advance supply of anti-herpes medication and instructions on how to recognise the early signs of a herpes attack may

Published
21 February 2008
By
Keith Alcorn
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