Guideline

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society 2022 guideline for the management of sexually transmitted infections: Moving towards best practice

Remco P.H. Peters, Nigel Garrett, Nomathemba Chandiwana, Ranmini Kularatne, Adrian J. Brink, Karen Cohen, Katherine Gill, Thato Chidarikire, Camilla Wattrus, Jeremy S. Nel, Mahomed Y.S. Moosa, Linda-Gail Bekker
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine | Vol 23, No 1 | a1450 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1450 | © 2022 Remco P.H. Peters, Nigel Garrett, Nomathemba Chandiwana, Ranmini Kularatne, Adrian J. Brink, Karen Cohen, Katherine Gill, Thato Chidarikire, Camilla Wattrus, Jeremy S. Nel, Mahomed Y.S. Moosa, Linda-Gail Bekker | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 12 August 2022 | Published: 27 September 2022

About the author(s)

Remco P.H. Peters, Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa; and, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Nigel Garrett, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; and, Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Nomathemba Chandiwana, Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ranmini Kularatne, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Adrian J. Brink, Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Karen Cohen, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Katherine Gill, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Thato Chidarikire, National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa
Camilla Wattrus, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society (SAHCS), Johannesburg, South Africa
Jeremy S. Nel, Helen Joseph Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Mahomed Y.S. Moosa, Department of Infectious Disease, Division of Internal Medicine, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Linda-Gail Bekker, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract

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Keywords

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society; sexually transmitted infections; guideline; 2022; management

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