Patients (and their partners) should be advised to abstain from sexual contact for seven days from the day the treatment was started and until the symptoms resolve. If this time period is not respected, condoms should always be used.
All persons who receive a diagnosis of an STI should be tested for other STIs, including chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and HIV.
Patients (and their sex partners) should be given information about their infection, including details about transmission, prevention and complications. Oral information needs to be reinforced with written support or video material (see tab "Useful links" for some examples).
Some STIs must be notified. This obligation varies by region. For more information, click HERE
The control of the effectiveness of the treatment is detailed in the tab "Follow-up".