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Screening for Chlamydia? New advice for sexually active women

Current Psychiatry. 2008 November;7(11):55-56

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3. Cook RI, Hutchison SL, Østergaard L, et al. Systematic review: noninvasive testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoea. Ann Intern Med 2005;142(11):914-25.

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5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006: dual therapy for gonococcal and chlamydial infections. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2006/urethritis-and-cervicitis.htm#dualtherapy. Accessed June 16, 2008.

Dr. Xiong is assistant clinical professor, departments of internal medicine and psychiatry, University of California, Davis.

Screening for Chlamydia? New advice for sexually active women

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