11 research outputs found
Candida albicans and Staphylococcus lugdunensis superinfection of liver cysts in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease under prednisolone treatment
Conservative management of a brain abscess in a patient with Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis
Staphylococcus Lugdunensis Native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: a Case Report and Review of Literature
On the pathway to better birth outcomes? A systematic review of azithromycin and curable sexually transmitted infections.
The WHO recommends the administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) to all pregnant women living in areas of moderate (stable) to high malaria transmission during scheduled antenatal visits, beginning in the second trimester and continuing to delivery. Malaria parasites have lost sensitivity to SP in many endemic areas, prompting the investigation of alternatives that include azithromycin-based combination (ABC) therapies. Use of ABC therapies may also confer protection against curable sexually transmitted infections and reproductive tract infections (STIs/RTIs). The magnitude of protection at the population level would depend on the efficacy of the azithromycin-based regimen used and the underlying prevalence of curable STIs/RTIs among pregnant women who receive preventive treatment. This systematic review summarizes the efficacy data of azithromycin against curable STIs/RTIs