ReviewArchives of pathology & laboratory medicine2020
Point-of-Care Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Review of Recent Developments.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cost-effectiveness of point-of-care diagnostics for AMR: a systematic review.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2024Pooled it
- Independent clinic-based evaluation of dual POCTs for screening for HIV and syphilis in men who have sex with men in Italy, Malta, Peru, and the United Kingdom.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- The cost-effectiveness of syphilis screening in pregnant women: a systematic literature review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Multiplexed technologies for sexually transmitted infections: global evidence on patient-centered and clinical health outcomes.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of a community-based intervention for sexually transmitted infections on population-level prevalence among youth in Zimbabwe (STICH): a cluster-randomised trial.The Lancet. Global health · 2025Trial
- Programmable CRISPR-Cas diagnostic platforms for rapid detection of uropathogens and antimicrobial resistance.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Correlates of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections among marginalized women in the Dominican Republic.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2026Article
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- Molecular point-of-care: technological evolution, clinical applications, and future perspectives.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
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- Point of Care Testing, Rapid Next Generation Sequencing and Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric and Neonatal Healthcare: A Narrative Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Field evaluation of a dual treponemal/non-treponemal point-of-care test for syphilis within an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programme in Hanoi, Vietnam.Sexually transmitted infections · 2025Article
- [Point-of-care tests for sexually transmitted infections-what is the current status?]Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025Article
- Advances in biomonitoring technologies for women's health.Nature communications · 2025Review
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- Evaluation of an Emergency Department Sexually Transmitted Infection Empiric Treatment and Linkage-to-care Program.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Automated Antithrombin Activity Detection with Whole Capillary Blood Based on Digital Microfluidic Platform.Micromachines · 2025Article
- The Application of Microfluidic Chips in Primary Urological Cancer: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives.Smart medicine · 2025Review
- Increasing Access To Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing: The Promise of Point-of-Care and Over-the-Counter Tests.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2025Review
- Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study.Annals of family medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
CONTEXT.—: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are among the most common communicable diseases globally and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Point-of-care tests have the potential to revolutionize the prevention and control of STIs by enabling rapid diagnosis and early treatment of infections, thus interrupting transmission and preventing the sequelae of untreated infections. Currently, there are several point-of-care (POC) tests available for the diagnosis of Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis infections, although these tests differ with regard to their performance, turnaround time, and cost. OBJECTIVE.—: To provide an updated review of the POC tests available and under development for the diagnosis of T pallidum, C trachomatis, N gonorrhoeae, and T vaginalis infections, to discuss the context for which these tests might be used, and to highlight future directions for test development. DATA SOURCES.—: We reviewed the literature pertaining to the recent development and performance evaluations of POC tests for the diagnosis of syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomonas. CONCLUSIONS.—: Recently, there has been rapid development of new POC tests for STIs. Although there are inexpensive, rapid, and accurate POC tests available for syphilis, there are few such tests available for the diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomonas, and currently none with the ability to detect antimicrobial resistance in N gonorrhoeae. Research evaluating implementation strategies for the currently available tests and the development of additional POC tests that are rapid, accurate, and affordable are urgently needed to address the rising number of STIs worldwide.
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