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21. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/5W2k4HLBPLPgHov6sSvuMH
    July 24, 2018 - The ideal candidate agent for prophylaxis would be effec- tive against GON but with low risk of antibiotic … Currently, erythromy- cinfulfillsmostofthesecriteria,butsomeconcernsremainabout potential antibiotic … Limited evidence evaluating comparative effectiveness of prophylactic preparations that do not rely on antibiotics

22. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/latent-tbi-screening-adults-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
    December 27, 2022 - For people diagnosed with LTBI, antibiotic treatments can help clear the infection safely and effectively

23. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/latent-tb-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
    May 02, 2023 - For people diagnosed with LTBI, antibiotic treatments can help clear the infection safely and effectively

24. Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Xe-_wNUCXud6xjTahgTHr-
    Treatment and Interventions Chlamydial and gonococcal infections respond to treatment with antibiotics

25. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    Short-term treatment with antibiotics or β-blockers does not appear to reduce AAA growth.

26. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening
    May 13, 2025 - results from screening that require clinical evaluation, unnecessary anxiety to the patient, and harms of antibiotic … includes body aches, tachycardia, hypotension, and rash and can occur within the first 24 hours of antibiotic … https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/hcp/clinical-signs/index.html 22. … such as an allergy to treatment medications or the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction from treatment with antibiotic

27. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
    September 04, 2018 - including false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, anxiety, and harms of treatment with antibiotic … for the treatment of syphilis in pregnant women. 5 Evidence on the efficacy or safety of alternative antibiotic … false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, unnecessary anxiety to the patient, and harms of antibiotic … Effective treatment with antibiotics can prevent congenital syphilis and significantly decrease adverse

28. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    November 30, 2017 - Effective treatment with antibiotics can prevent congenital syphilis and significantly decrease adverse … including false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, anxiety, and harms of treatment with antibiotic … for the treatment of syphilis in pregnant women.5 Evi- dence on the efficacy or safety of alternative antibiotic … false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, unnecessary anxiety to the patient, and harms of antibiotic … Effective treatment with antibiotics can prevent congenital syphilis and significantly decrease adverse

29. Archived: Chlamydial Infection (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-including-ocular-prophylaxis-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - Early detection of chlamydial infections in asymptomatic persons permits initiation of antibiotic … conjunctivitis, but there is conflicting evidence of the benefit of universal ocular prophylaxis with topical antibiotics … The CDC, CTF, AAP, and AAFP all recommend routine ocular antibiotic prophylaxis for all newborns, primarily … Routine ocular antibiotic prophylaxis with silver nitrate, erythromycin, or tetracycline is recommended

30. Screening for Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/YJtsbuhNtrLyn6NpJZtfXk
    April 24, 2023 - such as an allergy to treatment medications or the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction from treatment with antibiotic … from screening that re- quire clinical evaluation, unnecessary anxiety to the patient, and harms of antibiotic … in- cludes body aches, tachycardia, hypotension, and rash and can occur within the first 24 hours of antibiotic … Accessed March 17, 2025. https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic- use/hcp/clinical-signs/index.html 22.

31. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
    May 15, 2009 - false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, unnecessary anxiety to the patient, and harms of antibiotic … Evidence on the efficacy or safety of alternative antibiotics in pregnancy is limited; therefore, women

32. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
    June 07, 2016 - Benefits of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF found convincing evidence that treatment with antibiotics … The harms of antibiotic treatment are well established, and the magnitude of these harms is no greater … accepted regimen for the treatment of all stages of syphilis infection, and new trials are focusing on antibiotics … Effective treatment with antibiotics can prevent progression to late-stage disease, with small associated

33. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
    September 04, 2018 - congenital syphilis, and neonatal death. 5 , 6 Parenteral benzathine penicillin G is the only recommended antibiotic … primary and secondary syphilis during pregnancy and cannot be mitigated with a different choice of antibiotic … because the review was primarily focused on screening, it did not address the efficacy of alternative antibiotic

34. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
    May 15, 2009 - conduct a systematic study estimating the drug-specific incidence of serious allergic reactions to antibiotics … U.S. health insurer database (covering 10 million patients in the Midwest and Southeast) who received antibiotics … Cohort exposed to antibiotic were followed for 14 d after receipt for ICD-9 codes consistent with outcomes … Other antibiotics studied: moxifloxacin, levofloxacin, gaifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and cephalosporins

35. Final Research Plan: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening
    October 08, 2020 - of acute exacerbations; systemic corticosteroids; phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors; mucolytic agents; antibiotics

36. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Evidence for the Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/gWJU-ZynehGyLBVYtDmMow
    May 01, 2009 - conduct a systematic study estimating the drug-specific incidence of serious allergic reactions to antibiotics … U.S. health insurer database (covering 10 million patients in the Midwest and Southeast) who received antibiotics … Cohort exposed to antibiotic were followed for 14 d after receipt for ICD-9 codes consistent with outcomes … Other antibiotics studied: moxifloxacin, levofloxacin, gaifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and cephalosporins

37. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/VhSwc46MPwjDPNsgVrVm-B
    June 07, 2016 - Effective treatment with antibiotics can prevent progression to late-stage disease, with small associated … The harms of antibiotic treatment are well established, and the magni- tude of these harms is no greater … accepted regimen for the treatment of all stages of syphilis infection, and new trials are focusing on antibiotics … Effective treatment with antibiotics can pre- vent progression to late-stage disease, with small associated

38. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/xw8Xj4Bts4yaj_ZaBjCuer
    May 01, 2009 - false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, unnecessary anxiety to the patient, and harms of antibiotic … Evidence on the effi- cacy or safety of alternative antibiotics in pregnancy is lim- ited; therefore,

39. Final Research Plan: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
    November 30, 2017 - KQs 4, 5: Treatment with pharmacotherapy (e.g., statins, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, antibiotics

40. Recommendation: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
    September 14, 2021 - Treatment or Interventions Chlamydial and gonococcal infections respond to treatment with antibiotics … Because treatment varies depending on the individual patient, and antibiotic resistance for gonorrhea … Accurate screening tests and effective antibiotic treatments are available for chlamydia and gonorrhea … magnitude of benefit, based on the large proportion of cases that are asymptomatic, the effectiveness of antibiotic