Different performance of three point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection devices in symptomatic patients and close asymptomatic contacts: a real-life study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.02.014
Abstract: Objectives PCR on nasopharyngeal exudates, the cornerstone of the detection of SARS-CoV-2, is time-consuming and commonly unavailable at primary health care centres. Detection of viral nucleocapsid antigens using lateral flow point-of-care tests is helpful for… read more here.
Keywords: close asymptomatic; asymptomatic contacts; antigen; detection ... See more keywords
Non-empirical management of asymptomatic chlamydia and gonorrhoea reduces unnecessary antibiotic use fivefold: a before and after study
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DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-055382
Abstract: Objectives In 2019, informed by favourable patient and provider acceptability surveys and concerns about antimicrobial resistance, Sydney Sexual Health Centre stopped routinely providing empirical antibiotic treatment to asymptomatic contacts of Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) and Neisseria… read more here.
Keywords: asymptomatic contacts; treatment; gonorrhoea; contacts chlamydia ... See more keywords