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Sexual Health Lunch & Learn Series- What’s New? Highlights from the CDC 2021 STI Treatment Guidelines

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Published Date: 03/07/2022

Expiration Date: 09/12/2024

CE Credit: CME:1

Description

This presentation provides an overview of the changes in the most recent iteration of the newly released CDC STI treatment guidelines. Specific sections with expanded information for clinical providers on STI testing, diagnosis, and management will be reviewed. Important updates to the scientific evidence behind select treatment changes will be discussed.

Presenter(s)

Daniela E. Dimarco,MD, MPH

Daniela DiMarco, MD is an infectious disease physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center providing clinical care within the URMC system and the Monroe County Sexual Health Clinic. She obtained her Medical Degree from SUNY Stony Brook, internal medicine residency training at the University of Connecticut, ID fellowship at the University of Vermont, and Master’s in Public Health from Dartmouth College. Dr. DiMarco’s work is focused on STIs including HIV. She leads the CDC-funded North East Track 2B Capacity Building Assistance Program for HIV Prevention at the University of Rochester Center for Community Practice, and is faculty within the NYS AIDS Institute Clinical Education Initiative Sexual Health Center of Excellence. She participates in clinical research as part of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium, and serves on related expert working groups.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe updated treatment recommendations for chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, and PID.
  • Understand updated recommendations for testing and treatment of M. genitalium.
  • Identify 3 risk factors associated with syphilis acquisition during pregnancy.

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