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What do men who have sex with men think of the use of antibiotics as pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections?

2023-09-07 sexual and reproductive health Title + abstract only
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OBJECTIVEClinical trials have shown that doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual contact (doxy-PEP) prevents sexually transmitted bacterial infections (STI). We investigated current awareness about informal use of antibiotics as pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent STI (STI-PrEP/PEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM). In addition, we investigated psychosocial determinants of its use. METHODSData were collected in the Amsterdam Cohort Study among MSM, the Netherlands, ...

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