Reduction in Antibiotic Prescribing Attainable With a Gonococcal Vaccine

Stephen M Kissler; Moriah Mitchell; Yonatan H Grad

doi:10.1093/cid/ciab276

Reduction in Antibiotic Prescribing Attainable With a Gonococcal Vaccine

Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 15;73(6):e1368-e1371. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab276.

Authors

Stephen M Kissler¹, Moriah Mitchell², Yonatan H Grad¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

We estimated the fraction of antibiotic prescribing in the United States attributable to gonorrhea. Gonorrhea contributes to an outsized proportion of antibiotic prescriptions in young adults, males, and in the southern and western United States. A gonococcal vaccine could substantially reduce antibiotic prescribing in these populations.

Keywords: antibiotic prescribing; antibiotic resistance; gonorrhea; vaccine.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use
Bacterial Vaccines
Gonorrhea* / drug therapy
Gonorrhea* / prevention & control
Humans
Male
United States
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Vaccines

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding