Reduction in Antibiotic Prescribing Attainable With a Gonococcal Vaccine | Zendy

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Reduction in Antibiotic Prescribing Attainable With a Gonococcal Vaccine

Author(s) -

Stephen M. Kissler,

Moriah Mitchell,

Yonatan H. Grad

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab276

Subject(s) - medicine , gonorrhea , antibiotics , medical prescription , gonococcal infection , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , sexually transmitted disease , pharmacology , syphilis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology

We estimated the fraction of antibiotic prescribing in the United States attributable to gonorrhea. Gonorrhea contributes to an outsized proportion of antibiotic prescriptions in young adults, males, and in the southern and western United States. A gonococcal vaccine could substantially reduce antibiotic prescribing in these populations.

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