Infectious Disease Updates for Primary Care

Med Clin North Am. 2024 Sep;108(5):965-979. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2024.02.003. Epub 2024 Mar 28.

Abstract

This article summarizes the situation with public health threats for primary care patients as of early 2024 and provides updates on strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of common infections where new treatments and vaccines are available. For flu and COVID, an update on treatment is also provided-along with pearls useful for the busy primary care provider. The authors also discuss a new treatment option for drug-resistant vulvovaginal candidiasis and provide a balanced view of the increasingly popular technique of preventing bacterial sexually transmitted infections using doxycycline after condomless sex among men who have sex with men.

Keywords: COVID-19; DoxyPEP; Influenza; RSV; Vulvovaginal candidiasis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control
  • Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / diagnosis
  • Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Primary Health Care*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / diagnosis
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / drug therapy
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / therapy