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Causes DGI occurs in up to 3 percent of people who have untreated gonorrhea. It affects people with vaginas/internal genitals four times more often than people with penises/external genitals. Symptoms Early symptoms are often...
Causes NGU is often caused by a bacterial infection (like chlamydia), but it can also be caused by a virus or protozoa. Bacterial infections can be treated and cured with antibiotics. To find out if you have NGU, you need to be examined by...
If urethritis is not caused by gonorrhea, then it is called non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). If urethritis is treated and the symptoms still continue, then it is called recurrent urethritis. Urethritis can often be cured with antibiotics....
Causes Epididymitis is most often caused by STIs, such as chlamydia and gonorrhea, which are passed through vaginal, oral, and anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activates where there is an exchange of body...
Causes Cervicitis is most often caused by STIs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes simplex virus, and trichomonas, which are passed through vaginal and oral sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities...
Causes Proctitis is most often caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and herpes simplex virus that are passed through receptive anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and...
Gonorrhea can be cured with antibiotics. It is a common STI in British Columbia. Causes Gonorrhea is passed through vaginal, oral, and anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities where there is an...
The BC Centre for Disease Control tracks the number of cases of reportable STIs over time to see if there are increases or decreases in infection rates. In 2017, there were 15,426 cases of chlamydia and 2,654 cases of gonorrhea diagnosed...
STIs do not affect everyone in the population equally. It is important to remember that while some groups are more affected by certain STIs than others, sexual behaviours ultimately determine a person’s individual risk for an STI. STI data...
Reportable STIs In BC, some sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are reportable to public health. Reportable STIs include chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV. Genital chlamydia is the most commonly reported STI in BC and the...
I Boost Immunity launched a new campaign for World Antibiotic Awareness Week in partnership with the BC Centre for Disease Control's Community Antimicrobial Stewardship team. Take the quiz and I Boost Immunity will donate a vaccine to...
In its evolution over the past century, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the causative agent of gonorrhea infection) has successively acquired resistance to first-line treatments, including penicillin, doxycycline, and ciprofloxacin. Recent...
Background In British Columbia (BC), there has been a steady increase in reported gonococcal (GC) infections since 1998. Most notably, there was a 70% increase in GC infections in 2015 (3,160 cases) compared with 2014 (1,803 cases). In...
The global threat of multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhea has led to recent changes in treatment recommendations. Intramuscular ceftriaxone (250mg single dose IM) is now preferred over oral cefixime to treat all proven or suspected...
Emerging multi-drug resistant gonorrhea is a global concern. In response, we at BCCDC Clinical Prevention Services (CPS) have been working with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to produce updates to the Gonorrhea Chapter treatment...
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