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41. Evidence on the Benefits and Harms of Screening and TreatingPregnant Women Who Are Asymptomatic for Bacterial Vaginosis: An Update Review (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2008 - Antibiotics for treating bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy. … Antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis or Trichomonas vaginalis in pregnancy: a systematic review. … Antibiotic treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy: a meta-analysis. … Metronidazole 5) (ae or to or po).fs. 6) 2 or 5 7) 3 or 4 8) 1 and 6 and 7 9) vaginosis.mp. 10) exp Anti-Bacterial … Agents 11) exp Bacterial Infections/dh, dt, th [Diet Therapy, Drug Therapy, Therapy] 12) 10 or 11 13

42. Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea (pdf file)
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    March 29, 2021 - If someone tests positive for chlamydia and gonorrhea, antibiotics are available to treat the infection

43. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - made on other grounds, including a high likelihood of recurrence and the potential adverse effects of antibiotic … benefits from treatment of such women justify routine screening or the potential adverse effects of antibiotic … , but bacteriuria recurs in more than two thirds of treated patients. 80-83 Continuous suppressive antibiotic … 99.9% in one overview 57 ), with the potential for consequent adverse effects including unnecessary antibiotic … made on other grounds, including a high likelihood of recurrence and the potential adverse effects of antibiotic

44. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 23, 2014 - Short-term treatment with antibiotics or β-blockers does not appear to reduce AAA growth. … Short-term treatment with antibiotics or β-blockers does not seem to reduce AAA growth, and the trials … Alternative strategies to reduce AAA growth, such as antibiotics, statins, or other novel pharmacologic … Pooled analysis of one good- and two fair-quality RCTs evaluating the use of several antibiotics for … Three RCTs of antibiotics found a low rate of adverse events over 4 to 15 weeks. 1 , 2 Estimate of

45. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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

46. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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

47. 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

48. 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

49. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (pdf file)
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    December 27, 2022 - For people diagnosed with LTBI, antibiotic treatments can help clear the infection safely and effectively

50. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (pdf file)
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    May 02, 2023 - For people diagnosed with LTBI, antibiotic treatments can help clear the infection safely and effectively

51. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - bacterium responsible for gonorrhea, N. gonorrhoeae, has developed resistance to the majority of antibiotics … In terms of selection of agents for GON prophylaxis, erythromycin is the only topical ophthalmic antibiotic … The ideal candidate agent for prophylaxis would: 1) be effective against GON with low risk for antibiotic … Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Basic Information. https://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/arg/basic.htm. … Limited evidence evaluating comparative effectiveness of prophylactic preparations that do not rely on antibiotics

52. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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

53. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFile/1/16935/GON-final-evidence-review/pdf
    January 01, 2019 - bacterium responsible for gonorrhea, N. gonorrhoeae, has developed resistance to the majority of antibiotics … In terms of selection of agents for GON prophylaxis, erythromycin is the only topical ophthalmic antibiotic … The ideal candidate agent for prophylaxis would: 1) be effective against GON with low risk for antibiotic … Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Basic Information. https://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/arg/basic.htm. … Limited evidence evaluating comparative effectiveness of prophylactic preparations that do not rely on antibiotics

54. Archived: Chlamydial Infection (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - Detection 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

55. 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

56. Draft Recommendation: Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/chlamydial-and-gonococcal-infections-screening
    March 02, 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

57. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Evidence for the Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    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

58. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    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

59. Recommendation: Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnant Persons to Prevent Preterm Delivery: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 07, 2020 - Potential Harms The harms of screening for bacterial vaginosis in pregnant persons and treatment with antibiotics … There is adequate evidence that treatment of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis with antibiotics in pregnant … based on the false-positives from screening and the reported minor side effects from treatment with antibiotics

60. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    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,