Participants were randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to take 200 mg of doxycycline within 72 hours after condomless sex (doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis) or receive standard care without ...

Doxy-PEP reduced colonization from 44% to 31%, but the cultures that were resistant to doxycycline went up from 5% to 13%, a small but statistically significant increase. There was no increase in the ...

Doxycycline can help prevent sexually transmitted infections. Here’s how to use it. By Dani Blum As sexually transmitted infections continue to climb in the United States, a promising tool to ...

MSSA, and CA-MRSA (patients with purulence and extensive cellulitis may also need this coverage). TMP-SMX and doxycycline lack reliable activity against all group A streptococci. Empiric treatment ...

Taking a dose of the oral antibiotic doxycycline after a high-risk sexual encounter has dramatically reduced the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in places where the strategy is ...

For example, Staphylococcus aureus — a bacteria that's usually found on the nose and skin — can harbor resistance to doxycycline, and the U.S. trial found an 8% increase in resistance levels ...

"Participants reported taking doxycycline 87% of the time after having ... the risk to bystander bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus or commensal neisseria; the impact on the gut; and the ...

DoxyPEP involves taking a single dose of oral doxycycline 200 mg within 72 hours after condomless sex (maximum dose: doxycycline 200 mg per 24 h). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...