Health care providers should administer annual testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases to all of their male patients who have sex with other men, according to new CDC STD treatment and ...

Background and goal: Prompt treatment of chlamydia and gonorrhea following a confirmed diagnosis is essential to prevent complications and reduce transmission. Adherence to the Centers for Disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients often received treatments that are not recommended by the CDC, particularly azithromycin. Keeping up ...

ATLANTA – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and levofloxacin) as a treatment for gonorrhea in ...

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and nothing says romance like a column about a sexually transmitted infection! The next time you take your adolescent in for a checkup, you may find that your health care ...

Health officials are raising alarm about a rise in STDs across the United States. For the fifth consecutive year, combined cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis have risen in the United States, ...

In men, complications from chlamydia are relatively uncommon. When they do occur, resulting infections include urethritis, epididymitis, and in rare cases sterility or reactive arthritis. Infection ...

Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOMKey TakeawaysOral chlamydia occurs when the Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria infect the mouth. You can get oral chlamydia through oral sex. It is the same bacteria ...