Screening for sexually transmitted diseases in short-term correctional institutions: summary of evidence reviewed for the 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines
| Autor: | Michelle Staples-Horne, Patricia N Reams, Bruce G Trigg, Thomas M. Lincoln, Jamie L. Miller, Anne C. Spaulding, Paula K. Braverman, Dana Rice, Catherine L. Satterwhite, Anitra R. Sumbry |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Gonorrhea Population Alternative medicine MEDLINE Sexually Transmitted Diseases Chlamydia trachomatis Dermatology urologic and male genital diseases Young Adult Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Prevalence Humans Mass Screening Syphilis Young adult education education.field_of_study Chlamydia business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Chlamydia Infections medicine.disease Neisseria gonorrhoeae United States Infectious Diseases Prisons Female Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S business |
| Zdroj: | Sexually transmitted diseases. 40(9) |
| ISSN: | 1537-4521 |
| Popis: | Young persons entering US jails and youth detention facilities have high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added STD screening guidelines specific to correctional settings to the 2010 STD Treatment Guidelines. This article summarizes published evidence from 1990 to 2009 used to develop the recommendations. The literature supports routine screening of adolescents and young women (aged ≤35 years, or on the basis of local institutional prevalence data) for chlamydia and gonorrhea because of high prevalence and the subsequent risk of adverse reproductive outcomes. Chlamydia positivity among young women (aged |
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