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  • Open Access
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27 Pages

Background: The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium poses a significant challenge to global public health, necessitating the exploration of alternative therapeutic strategies, including vaccine development. Methods: In...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
399 Views
8 Pages

Background: There is an urgent need for novel treatment options for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Methenamine is an interesting urinary antiseptic with a very low propensity to induce antimicrobial resistance. Methods: We assessed the MICs of methenamine-hi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,337 Views
11 Pages

Evaluating the Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma spp. Infections in Salvador, Brazil

  • Sofia Lírio Santos Silva,
  • Larissa Vieira do Amaral,
  • Raissa Vieira do Amaral,
  • Maria Isabel Figueiredo Sousa,
  • Mauricio Freitas Batista,
  • Maria Betânia Toralles,
  • Caroline Alves Feitosa,
  • Galileu Barbosa Costa and
  • Viviane Matos Ferreira

Background/Objectives: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species are pathogens commonly associated with urogenital infections in sexually active individuals. Despite their clinical relevance, these organisms are less frequently studied than other sexually tr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
510 Views
24 Pages

A Scoping Review of How High-Income Country HIV Guidelines Define, Assess, and Address Oral ART Adherence

  • Dominic Chu,
  • Kim Engler,
  • Tibor Schuster,
  • Romain Palich,
  • Joel Ishak and
  • Bertrand Lebouché

Background/Objectives: An optimal approach to addressing oral antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence remains unclear in the research literature. This review aimed to identify definitions and thresholds of adherence, proposed methods and frequencies o...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
800 Views
7 Pages

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycoplasma genitalium (M. genitalium) presents a significant risk of treatment failure in many sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and can result in persistent and recurrent urethritis or cervicitis. This case report desc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
490 Views
12 Pages

Metabolic Syndrome Among People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Mexico

  • Tatiana Ordóñez-Rodríguez,
  • Luis Antonio Leyva-Alejandro,
  • José Manuel Reyes-Ruiz,
  • Gustavo Martínez-Mier,
  • Roberto Carlos Cortes-Balán,
  • Oscar Faibre-Álvarez,
  • Judith Quistián-Galván,
  • Wendy Marilú Ramos-Hernández and
  • Víctor Bernal-Dolores

Background/Objectives: In Mexico, there is very little data on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), so, determining the number of people with this condit...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
993 Views
20 Pages

The Cost of Cutbacks: How Reduction in Development Assistance for Health May Affect Progress Made in HIV/AIDS Control in Africa

  • Richmond Nketia,
  • Daniel Atta-Nyarko,
  • Ebenezer Gyamfi,
  • Rostand Dimitri Messanga Bessala,
  • Naomi Adotei,
  • Benjamin Asare-Kyei,
  • Faustina Ameyaa Marfo,
  • Prosper Tonwisi Luri,
  • Charles Limula and
  • Abubakr Ahmed Farhan
  • + 2 authors

Background/Objectives: The recent Executive Order suspending the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programmes, including Development Assistance for Health (DAH), has sparked serious debates about the sustainability of ongoing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
845 Views
18 Pages

Background/Objectives: Syphilis diagnosis in Armenia is unreliable due to inconsistent testing methods, limited access to confirmatory tests, and the underutilization of healthcare services due to stigma and lack of awareness. In 2022, 29% of cases w...