Treatment and Care

This information sheet discusses syphilis, an STD caused by a bacterium, among men who have sex with men (MSM). It describes the disease, its transmission, stages, symptoms, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment and provides statistics on the number of cases in the United States. The sheet also discusses the increase in syphilis among MSM as well as the high rates of HIV coinfection in MSM with syphilis, and explains how syphilis infection makes individuals more susceptible to acquiring or transmitting HIV.

This report is a manual on antiretroviral treatment and care of HIV infected patients in African settings. This second version of the manual was written by a team of doctors and researchers in France. It provides concise updated information on types of antiretroviral drugs, post-exposure prophylaxis, treatment recommendations, infant formulations, generics, and treatment of opportunistic infections.

This report discusses the medical approach to treating people with acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (AHI), a highly infectious phase of the disease, in New York City. It explains that AHI contributes to HIV transmission, as it is associated with a high level of viremia, although antibody tests may be negative or indeterminate.

This video illustrates the interactions between TB and HIV, including their impact on the immune system, TB testing, and TB treatment.

This video illustrates the interactions between TB and HIV, including their impact on the immune system, TB testing, and TB treatment.

This report on the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), a national sentinel surveillance system that monitors trends in antimicrobial susceptibilities of strains of gonorrhea in the United States among selected sexually transmitted diseases clinics in about 25-30 sentinel sites. This report shows site-specific profiles of figures depicting the demographic and clinical data of the patients with gonorrhea enrolled in GISP and the antimicrobial susceptibility results of the gonorrhea isolates submitted.

This Power Point presentation contains 181 slides that provide guidelines for the prevention and control of TB in correctional facilities, as recommended by CDC.

This serial updates the 2006 clinical guidelines for treating sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). These recommendations were developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in consultation with professionals knowledgeable about the treatment of STDs.

This report summarizes an enhanced outbreak response, which identified 106 cases of syphilis with onset from January 2007 to June 2009, including six congenital cases in a Southwest Indian Nation. The enhanced, coordinated multiagency response involved tribal and Pima County Health Departments, the Indian Health Service (IHS), the Arizona Department of Health Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This report provides a record of the proceedings of the Legacy Funding Realignment Consultation held on July 8, 2010, in Atlanta, Georgia. It includes notes on the opening session, an overview of the consultation, an overview of the Division of STD Prevention Priorities, an overview of challenges and opportunities in STD disparities in the United States, and an overview of the CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention’s (NCHHSTP) Public Health Ethics Activities.