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Emerging Issues in the Management of STIs: Recent Trends in Disseminated Gonococcal Infections

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Published Date: 06/13/2023

Expiration Date: 04/09/2026

CE Credit: CME:0.5CNE: 0.5

Description

This activity will describe recent trends in antibiotic resistant gonorrhea reports. It will characterize epidemiologic characteristics associated with disseminated gonococcal infections reported in recent literature, and will outline management strategies for neonates with a birth parent with syphilis. It will also identify three GI pathogens that may be associated with sexual transmission, and will describe possible uses of doxycycline as prophylaxis for STIs.

Presenter(s)

Marguerite A. Urban,MD

Dr. Urban is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She is also the Medical Director of the Center for Community Practice and the Monroe County Sexual Health Clinic. Dr. Urban is the Principal Investigator for the New York State Clinical Education Initiative Sexual Health Center of Excellence. Her research interests relate to sexual behavior, sexual risk reduction, HIV/STI prevention, and sexual health.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe recent trends in antibiotic resistant gonorrhea reports.
  • Characterize epidemiologic characteristics associated with disseminated gonococcal infections reported in recent literature.
  • Outline management strategy for neonates with a birth parent with syphilis.
  • Identify three GI pathogens that may be associated with sexual transmission.
  • Describe possible uses of doxycycline as prophylaxis for STIs.

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