{
  "abstract": "Rising rates of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and advocacy from communities most affected by STIs motivated the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT) to develop this consensus statement on asymptomatic screening for STIs, services for partners of people diagnosed with an STI and doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP), pending adoption of upcoming national HIV and STIs guidelines. SIMIT is Italy’s national professional society for clinicians and researchers specialising in infectious and tropical diseases. This consensus aims at providing guidance to clinicians, community health workers and policymakers in Italy and similar settings lacking national guidelines. Recommendations are based on graded guidelines by WHO or international clinical societies, the latest available evidence and expert opinion.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy",
        "Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Silvia Nozza"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Milano Checkpoint ETS, Milan, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Pietro Vinti"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy",
        "Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Andrea Giacomelli"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Clinical Infectious Diseases Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, Rome, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Valentina Mazzotta"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Davide Moschese"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Angelo Roberto Raccagni"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Roberto Rossotti"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Life Science, Health, and Health Professions Link Campus University, Rome, Italy",
        "Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine - Infectious Disease Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Antonio Russo"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Infectious Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy",
        "School of Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Cristina Mussini"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Respiratory Infectious Disease Unit, Cotugno Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, Naples, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Roberto Parrella"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [],
      "name": "On behalf of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT)"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Management of asymptomatic bacterial STIs and doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis: consensus statement of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases",
  "uid": "ad6db5e8-3d43-5c97-9472-9b5ee0c8486e"
}