Guideline

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline on doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections

Katherine Gill, Sheetal Kassim, Adrian Brink, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani, Johan Hugo, Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha, James McIntyre, Camilla Wattrus, Linda-Gail Bekker
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine | Vol 27, No 1 | a1844 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v27i1.1844 | © 2026 Katherine Gill, Sheetal Kassim, Adrian Brink, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani, Johan Hugo, Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha, James McIntyre, Camilla Wattrus, Linda-Gail Bekker | This work is licensed under Other
Submitted: 02 June 2026 | Published: 21 August 2026

About the author(s)

Katherine Gill, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and; Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Sheetal Kassim, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and; Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Adrian Brink, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and; National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Wits RHI, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani, Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, and; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Johan Hugo, Anova Health Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha, Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, and; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
James McIntyre, Anova Health Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa, and; School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Camilla Wattrus, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
Linda-Gail Bekker, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and; Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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Keywords

doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis; doxycycline; doxy-PEP; doxyPEP; doxy-PEP

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