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Screening for STIs in PrEP cohorts results in high levels of antimicrobial consumption

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS
Volume 31, Issue 12, Pages 1215-1218

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0956462420957519

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Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae); chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis); Europe; antibiotic; screening

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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.

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