STI Cheat Sheet – 2026 Update

STI Cheat Sheet – 2026 Update

by | Sep 24, 2026 | Featured, Infectious Disease

Here we present an updated STI “cheat sheet” for some of the infections and syndromes most commonly encountered in the Emergency Department: how they present, what to test, and what to treat. The following recommendations are based primarily on the current Public...
Self-obtained vaginal swabs are not inferior to provider-performed endocervical sampling for emergency department diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis

Self-obtained vaginal swabs are not inferior to provider-performed endocervical sampling for emergency department diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis

by , , | Feb 7, 2022 | Infectious Disease, Journal Club, OBGYN

Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness:2/5 Chinnock B, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Jun;28(6):612-620. doi: 10.1111/acem.14213.  Question and Methods:  This prospective observational cohort trial sought to assess if self-obtained vaginal swabs were not inferior to...