{"id":1501,"date":"2021-10-04T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/sti\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2021-10-01T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T12:36:41","slug":"sep2021highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/sti\/2021\/10\/04\/sep2021highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Editor&#8217;s Desk &#8211; Highlights of the September Issue of Sexually Transmitted Infections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u2019s choice: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/97\/6\/429\">Factors associated with reporting antibiotic use as STI prophylaxis among HIV PrEP users: findings from a cross-sectional online community survey, May\u2013July 2019, UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why does it matter? Investigators used an online community survey to study the prevalence and factors associated with self-prescribed STI prophylaxis among HIV PrEP users. Self-prescribing was reported by ~ 1 in 10 people, most commonly by those also reporting risky sexual behaviour or a recent STI diagnosis.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Give us a key message:<\/u> Sexual health clinicians should consider asking attendees, especially HIV PrEP users, about the use of antibiotics as STI prophylaxis, to inform appropriate counselling, testing and management.<em style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Other journal\u2019s highlights:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/97\/6\/397\">Managing false positive syphilis serology in clinical practice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/97\/6\/402\">How has the pandemic impacted sexual health? A scoping review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/97\/6\/420\">Can Dr Google correctly diagnose an STI?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/97\/6\/423\">What is the STI burden among women who report same sex behaviour? <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/97\/6\/452\">How common are oropharyngeal gonorrhoea and chlamydia among MSM?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Perspectives picks:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High dose intravenous ceftriaxone against extragenital gonorrhoea<\/li>\n<li>Inadvertent HPV vaccination during or peri-pregnancy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Read more <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sti.bmj.com\/content\/97\/6\/395\"><em>here!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Anna Maria<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/sti\/files\/2021\/10\/Picture-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1502\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/sti\/files\/2021\/10\/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Prof Anna Maria Geretti<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor in Chief<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sexually Transmitted Infections<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s choice: Factors associated with reporting antibiotic use as STI prophylaxis among HIV PrEP users: findings from a cross-sectional online community survey, May\u2013July 2019, UK Why does it matter? 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