A new portable device and accompanying app can detect gonorrhoea in less than 15 minutes and determine if an infection will respond to frontline antibiotics, scientists in the US reveal.
The PROMPT system, developed by a team led by Johns Hopkins University, performs a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on swabs of bodily fluid and uses a Bluetooth connection to display results on a smartphone.
PROMPT improves on traditional testing in hospital laboratories and clinics, which typically takes up to a week to deliver results, by which point people with gonorrhoea may have unknowingly spread their infections.
Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae – and can lead to infertility in men and women if untreated.
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Hydroxychloroquine found ineffective as post-exposure SARS-CoV-2 prophylaxis
Over 69.41 million people around the world have been infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and, of these, over 1.49 million people have lost their lives. The spread of the virus from person to person is rapid and has brought the economies of major nations to their knees due to public health measures preventing human movement over the last few months.
Hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis to prevent COVID-19 had gathered interest during the initial phases of the pandemic early this year (2020). Studies quickly proved it to be less than effective in preventing the infection or reducing viral load or severe disease in infected persons.