RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis for Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 1140
OP 1142
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240056R0
VO 37
IS 6
A1 Close, Elizabeth
A1 Jones, Alexander
A1 Noggle, William
A2 Crawford, Paul
YR 2024
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/37/6/1140.abstract
AB Consider prescribing doxycycline as prophylaxis for bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in certain clinical scenarios. New data suggests that a one-time dose of 200 mg doxycycline taken within 72 hours of an unprotected sexual encounter may reduce transmission of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia by a combined two thirds in a high-risk population.