Chlamydia trachomatis Infection: Screening and Management

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Objective: To review current criteria and rationale for Chlamydia trachomatis screening, testing methods, and treatment of infection.
Methods: Review of the literature.
Results: C. trachomatis urogenital infections are an important public health problem. Screening for C. trachomatis in women age 25 and younger and men and women of any age at increased risk allows for the early treatment of disease, avoiding morbidity such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain, and reducing health care costs.
Conclusion: Current screening recommendations are not being implemented satisfactorily. Home-based methods of screening are acceptable and may improve universal screening rates.

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Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management - January 2014, VOL. 21, NO. 1

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Objective: To review current criteria and rationale for Chlamydia trachomatis screening, testing methods, and treatment of infection.
Methods: Review of the literature.
Results: C. trachomatis urogenital infections are an important public health problem. Screening for C. trachomatis in women age 25 and younger and men and women of any age at increased risk allows for the early treatment of disease, avoiding morbidity such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain, and reducing health care costs.
Conclusion: Current screening recommendations are not being implemented satisfactorily. Home-based methods of screening are acceptable and may improve universal screening rates.

Objective: To review current criteria and rationale for Chlamydia trachomatis screening, testing methods, and treatment of infection.
Methods: Review of the literature.
Results: C. trachomatis urogenital infections are an important public health problem. Screening for C. trachomatis in women age 25 and younger and men and women of any age at increased risk allows for the early treatment of disease, avoiding morbidity such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain, and reducing health care costs.
Conclusion: Current screening recommendations are not being implemented satisfactorily. Home-based methods of screening are acceptable and may improve universal screening rates.

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Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management - January 2014, VOL. 21, NO. 1

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Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management - January 2014, VOL. 21, NO. 1

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