National STD Curriculum Podcast
National STD Curriculum
This podcast explores innovative and significant STD issues and discusses the clinical implications through different formats including literature reviews, expert interviews, hot topics, and conference summaries. University of Washington (UW) Associate Professor of Medicine, Program Director of the UW Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, and Associate Editor of the National STD Curriculum Meena Ramchandani, MD, MPH is the podcast editor/host. The podcast is brought to you by the National STD Curriculum, the UW STD Prevention Training Center and is funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn more at www.std.uw.edu/podcast.The National STD Curriculum is a UW Infectious Diseases Education & Assessment (IDEA) Program curriculum.
Episodes
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Nov 15, 2020 • 9min
Treating STDs During COVID-19
This episode reviews recommendations and suggestions for management of STDs during the COVID-19 pandemic. View episode transcript and references at www.std.uw.edu.Editor and host Dr. Meena Ramchandani is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington (UW) and Medical Director of the Public Health – Seattle & King County Sexual Health Clinic. This podcast is dedicated to an STD [sexually transmitted disease] literature review for health care professionals who are interested in remaining up-to-date on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of STDs.
Oct 15, 2020 • 11min
New Medications for Gonorrhea Treatment
Gonorrhea has developed resistance to many antibiotics available and few options remain to treat this STI [sexually transmitted infection]. This podcast episode summarizes three articles recently published on new treatments for gonorrhea, specifically looking at gentamicin, delafloxacin, and zoliflodacin. View episode transcript and references at www.std.uw.edu.
Sep 15, 2020 • 10min
Treatment of Rectal Chlamydia
Chlamydia infection can be treated with either azithromycin or doxycycline. Increasing evidence supports the use of doxycycline over azithromycin for the treatment of rectal chlamydia infection. This podcast summarizes literature on this topic. View episode transcript and references at www.std.uw.edu.Editor and host Dr. Meena Ramchandani is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington (UW) and Medical Director of the Public Health – Seattle & King County Sexual Health Clinic. This podcast is dedicated to an STD [sexually transmitted disease] literature review for health care professionals who are interested in remaining up-to-date on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of STDs.
