Translating mouthwash use for gonorrhoea prevention into a public health campaign: identifying current knowledge and research gaps

EPF Chow, K Maddaford, S Trumpour… - Sexual Health, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
… if mouthwash is to be implemented for gonorrhoea prevention. The … understanding of
mouthwash use for gonorrhoea prevention; … mouthwash use as a public health campaign to …

Antiseptic mouthwash for gonorrhoea prevention (OMEGA): a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, multicentre trial

EPF Chow, DA Williamson, JS Hocking… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
… To address the increasing incidence of gonorrhoea and antimicrobial resistance, we
compared the efficacy of Listerine and Biotène mouthwashes for preventing gonorrhoea among …

Antiseptic mouthwash against pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a randomised controlled trial and an in vitro study

EPF Chow, BP Howden, S Walker, D Lee… - Sexually transmitted …, 2017 - sti.bmj.com
Listerine, a commercial mouthwash product, has an inhibitory effect against Neisseria
gonorrhoeae in a … gonococcal clearance and have important implications for prevention strategies. …

… use of antibacterial mouthwash against oropharyngeal gonorrhoea among men who have sex with men: the OMEGA (Oral Mouthwash use to Eradicate GonorrhoeA) …

EPF Chow, S Walker, JS Hocking, CS Bradshaw… - BMC Infectious …, 2017 - Springer
… of condoms for oral sex, very frequent screening, antibiotic prophylaxis or use of other
agents that could act to prevent the acquisition of infection such as our proposed …

Associations between oral sex practices and frequent mouthwash use in men who have sex with men: implications for gonorrhoea prevention

T Phillips, CK Fairley, S Walker, EPF Chow - Sexual Health, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
mouthwash inhibited the growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This suggests mouthwash use
could potentially be a preventive intervention for gonorrhoea control, and a larger RCT in …

Sites in the oropharynx reached by different methods of using mouthwash: clinical implication for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea prevention

K Maddaford, CK Fairley, S Trumpour… - Sexually transmitted …, 2020 - sti.bmj.com
… trialling mouthwash to prevent oropharyngeal gonorrhoea. We … of mouthwash use (oral rinse,
oral gargle and oral spray). … Participants were asked to use mouthwash mixed with food dye…

Antibacterial mouthwash to prevent sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PReGo): a randomised …

C Van Dijck, A Tsoumanis, A Rotsaert… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
… Although based on small numbers, our study found that a higher number of oropharyngeal
gonorrhoea infections were detected in each Listerine period than in the placebo periods. …

Is it the end of mouthwash as an intervention for gonorrhoea?

EPF Chow, CK Fairley - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2021 - thelancet.com
Listerine mouthwash compared with placebo mouthwash in the prevention of oropharyngeal
gonorrhoea … Our findings do not support the use of Listerine Cool Mint as a way to prevent

Potential effect of antiseptic mouthwash on the incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae among men who have sex with men: a mathematical modelling study

X Xu, EPF Chow, M Shen, Z Zou, C Wang, JJ Ong… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
… More research will be needed to investigate the benefits and harms of using mouthwash
as an intervention for gonorrhoea prevention. Further study is required to explore how …

Self-reported use of mouthwash and pharyngeal gonorrhoea detection by nucleic acid amplification test

EPF Chow, S Walker, TRH Read… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
gonorrhoea. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between self-reported
mouthwash use and pharyngeal gonorrhoea … a role in the prevention of gonorrhoea. These …