Postexposure Doxycycline to Prevent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections
San Francisco General Hospital · Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Interventions to reduce sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) are needed.
(chlamydia), or syphilis in the past year. Participants were randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to take 200 mg of doxycycline within 72 hours after condomless sex (doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis) or receive standard care without doxycycline. STI testing was performed quarterly. The primary end point was the incidence of at least one STI per follow-up quarter.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 73.83
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- 100%
- References
- 25
Authors
17- AFAnne F. LuetkemeyerCorresponding
San Francisco General Hospital
- DDDeborah Donnell
San Francisco General Hospital, Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
- JCJulia C. Dombrowski
San Francisco General Hospital, Public Health – Seattle & King County, University of Washington
- SEStephanie E. Cohen
San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco Department of Public Health
- CGCole Grabow
San Francisco General Hospital
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
- Cohort
- Men who have sex with men
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Syphilis
- Doxycycline
- Good health and well-being