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The hidden problem in emergency department STI care: Overtreating men, undertreating women - Elsacat - Jun 26 2025
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-hidden-problem-emergency-department-sti.html
https://archive.ph/KGoJS
Quote:Women were 3.5 times more likely than men to go potentially undertreated, with more than half of all positive cases in women lacking documented treatment. In contrast, men were more than twice as likely as women to be overtreated—antibiotics given even though tests came back negative.