IUSTI Canada Webinar Series | Série de webinaires de l’UIITS Canada Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) STIs have been prominent players in our lives for the whole of human history, affecting everything from World Wars to reality TV, yet they are still shrouded in stigma and taboo. Join Ina Park, MD, MS to discuss her book Strange Bedfellows which blends stories of real people’s sexual escapades,

A new model for gonorrhea control in Canada: Surveillance, new way of selecting best therapeutics and maybe a vaccine? Gonorrhea resistance surveillance is of utmost importance as it allows for rapid treatment guidelines adjustments. The advent of rapid testing tools can help best select antibiotic choice thus decreasing the selective pressure on a single antibiotic. Data emerging about vaccine giving protection against gonorrhea makes us think that we may have a new tool in a

Gonorrhea rates in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are consistently 2-3 fold higher than the Canadian average. In Manitoba, absolute case counts soared from 2015 to 2020 – which partially explains why we’re seeing more disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). However, it’s not the whole story, there does seem to be something special about the strains associated with disseminated infections. Learning Objectives Discuss the changing epidemiology of Gonorrhea in Canada Review the clinical features of Disseminated Gonococcal Infection