[HTML][HTML] Decreases in reported sexually transmitted infections during the time of COVID-19 in King County, WA: decreased transmission or screening?

A Berzkalns, CS Thibault, LA Barbee… - Sexually transmitted …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington State's Stay Home, Stay
Healthy (SHSH) order was implemented on March 24, 2020. We hypothesized that …

A multifaceted evaluation of a COVID-19 contact tracing program in King County, Washington

JE Hood, RW Kubiak, T Avoundjian… - Journal of Public …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To evaluate the Public Health—Seattle & King County (PHSKC) CI/CT program,
including its reach, timeliness, effect on isolation and quarantine (I&Q) adherence, and …

Epidemiologic treatment for contacts to Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexually transmitted disease clinic patients in Seattle, WA; 1994 …

E Rowlinson, MR Golden, A Berzkalns… - Sexually transmitted …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Methods We reviewed records from a municipal sexually transmitted disease clinic in
Seattle, WA, from 1994 to 2018 to identify visits by asymptomatic patients seeking care …

Pharyngeal gonorrhea in heterosexual male and female sex partners of persons with gonorrhea

SE McLaughlin, MR Golden, OO Soge… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background Current guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
recommends empiric treatment for persons exposed to sexually transmitted infections …

Prior Exposure to Azithromycin and Azithromycin Resistance Among Persons Diagnosed With Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection at a Sexual Health Clinic: 2012–2019

E Rowlinson, OO Soge, JP Hughes… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background There is conflicting evidence on whether prior azithromycin (AZM) exposure is
associated with reduced susceptibility to AZM (AZMRS) among persons infected with …

[HTML][HTML] Population-level effectiveness of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among MSM and transgender persons with bacterial sexually transmitted infections

J Pagkas-Bather, CM Khosropour… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly efficacious, but its effectiveness may
be limited by poor adherence or discontinuation. Our objective was to estimate the …

Impact of anatomic site, specimen collection timing, and patient symptom status on Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture recovery

EE Nash, CD Pham, B Raphael… - Sexually transmitted …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture is required for antimicrobial susceptibility
testing, but recovering isolates from clinical specimens is challenging. Although many …

Performance of Patient-collected Specimens for Neisseria gonorrhoeae Culture

LA Barbee, MR Golden, CS Thibault… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture is necessary to determine antimicrobial
resistance, but typically requires specimen collection by clinicians. We sought to determine …

P676 Azithromycin resistance among neisseria gonorrhoeae cases in king county, washington, USA, 2017–2018

C Thibault, O Soge, L Barbee, R Kerani, D Spellman… - 2019 - sti.bmj.com
Background Public Health–Seattle & King County (PHSKC) participates in Strengthening the
US Response to Resistant Gonorrhea (SURRG), funded by the Centers for Disease Control …

Previous STIs and partner services interviews as predictors of subsequent interview completion among cisgender MSM: Partner services fatigue?

MP Barry, CS Thibault, A Berzkalns… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background Anecdotal reports suggest that partner services (PS) is less successful among
people with repeat STI diagnoses and/or previous PS interactions. We examine whether …