Spotting pertussis and antibiotic prophylaxis for STIs

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Grab your trainers, your dog lead, or a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. In the first of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:

• 3% of adults presenting to primary care with an acute cough have pertussis, but would you spot it?
• What is our role in primary care if a patient approaches us for advice about antibiotic prophylaxis for STIs?

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The rest of the Pearls from December will be covered next week along with a new best intentions story to put a smile on your face.
Pertussis
BMJ 2019;364:l401

UKHSA Guidance on the management of cases of pertussis in England during the re-emergence of pertussis in 2024

Whooping Cough Net - symptoms (examples of full-blown whooping cough and attenuated forms in immunised individuals. Also information for patients about why treatment is ineffective. Site by Doug Jenkinson, a GP in ( Nottinghamshire)

Testing guidelines from the UKHSA can be found here.

The Green Book on Pertussis

Prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections

BASHH Position statement on Doxycycline as Prophylaxis for Sexually Transmitted Infections 2021

The IPERGAY trial (Lancet Inf Diseases 2018;18(3):308)

CDC guidance 1

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