TY - JOUR T1 - Choice of antibiotics for prophylaxis of bacterial STIs among individuals currently self-sourcing JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 158 LP - 158 DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2021-055310 VL - 98 IS - 2 AU - Manik Kohli AU - David Reid AU - Caisey V Pulford AU - Alison Howarth AU - Jack Brown AU - Hamish Mohammed AU - Gwenda Hughes AU - Catherine H Mercer AU - John Saunders Y1 - 2022/03/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/98/2/158.abstract N2 - As interest in antibiotic prophylaxis for bacterial STIs grows, there is a need to better understand the current landscape of antibiotic self-sourcing. STI prophylaxis is not currently recommended in routine practice: only two small studies demonstrated efficacy of pre-/post-exposure doxycycline prophylaxis for syphilis and chlamydia, and there are concerns about antimicrobial resistance (AMR).1 However, 2%–10% of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users self-source antibiotics for STI prophylaxis.1 During the COVID-19 pandemic, online surveys of men-who-have-sex-with-men(MSM) were carried out in the UK within the Reducing Inequalities and Improving Sexual Health Study.2 The second survey (23 November–12 December 2020) included questions on STI prophylaxis. The survey had 1522 respondents, of which … ER -