Sexually transmitted infections: challenges ahead

Rates of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in Australia, 2009–2014: ecological analysis of hospital data

“…An earlier Australian study (2001–2008) reported annual infertility admission rates for same-aged women of around 400 per 100 000 22. Our overall PID admission rates were similar between 2009 and 2014, which is broadly consistent with a commissioned review presenting hospital discharge rates for inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (including any-cause PID) during 1990–2014 across Europe, America and Australia, showing declining country-specific rates to around 2007, which then appeared to plateau in several countries including Australia 23. This is the first Australian study to assess PID rates using routinely collected ED data.…”

Lactobacillus crispatus accelerates re‐epithelialization in vaginal epithelial cell line MS74

“…6,7 Lactobacillus also exhibits the capability to adhere to vaginal epithelial cells and can compete with pathogens for colonization. [10][11][12] In BV, the vaginal microbiota, usually dominated by one or two species of Lactobacillus, 1 is replaced by a mixture of many kinds of anaerobic and facultative bacteria, such as Gardnerella vaginalis. [10][11][12] In BV, the vaginal microbiota, usually dominated by one or two species of Lactobacillus, 1 is replaced by a mixture of many kinds of anaerobic and facultative bacteria, such as Gardnerella vaginalis.…”

Antiretroviral therapy suppresses rectal HIV-RNA shedding despite inflammation in MSM with rectal C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae infections—a cross-sectional, single-center study

“…The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is rising among men who have sex with men (MSM) 1. Rectal bacterial infections with Chlamydia trachomatis and/or  Neisseria gonorrhoeae (CT/NG) are common 2 3.…”