Screening for STIs in PrEP cohorts results in high levels of antimicrobial consumption
Chris Kenyon, Irith De Baetselier, Kristien Wouters
Abstract
Screening for STIs in men who have sex with men receiving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis resulted in high consumption of macrolides, extended spectrum cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines. The consumption of macrolides was 52 times as high as that reported for community-level consumption in certain European countries.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineConsumption (sociology)AntimicrobialCephalosporinHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Men who have sex with menEnvironmental healthInternal medicineAntibioticsFamily medicineSyphilisMicrobiologyBiologySocial scienceSociologyReproductive tract infections researchHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment