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Course

Emerging Issues in the Management of STIs: Sexually Transmitted Enteric Pathogens

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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)

Daniela E. DiMarco,MD, MPH

Dr. DiMarco is an infectious diseases physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She provides clinical care within the URMC system and the Monroe County Sexual Health Clinic. Dr. DiMarco is faculty within the New York State Clinical Education Initiative Sexual Health Center of Excellence. Her work focuses on STIs, including HIV, and she leads the CDC-funded Northeast Track 2B Capacity Building Assistance Program for HIV Prevention at the University of Rochester Center for Community Practice.

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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