Screening for sexually transmitted diseases during preparticipation sports examination of high school adolescents
| Autor: | Stephanie N. Taylor, Deborah A. Cohen, Bridget N. Brooks, Feseha Makonnen, Migel Elie, Ladatra S. Sanders, Theresa D Nash, Malanda Nsuami |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Sexually transmitted disease
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Gonorrhea Ligase Chain Reaction Physical examination Chlamydia trachomatis Urinalysis urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease_cause medicine Humans Ligase chain reaction education Physical Examination education.field_of_study Chlamydia Schools medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Diagnostic Tests Routine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Chlamydia Infections medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications United States Psychiatry and Mental health Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Neisseria gonorrhoeae Female business Sports |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 32(5) |
| ISSN: | 1054-139X |
| Popis: | In an urban school district, 636 students in grades 9-12 were tested for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by ligase chain reaction assays using specimens collected for routine urinalyses during sports physical examinations. Chlamydia and gonorrhea prevalences were 2.8% and 0.7% among males, and 6.5% and 2.0% among females, respectively. Among athletes infected with either sexually transmitted disease (STD), 93.1% reported no symptoms, and treatment was documented for 75.9%. Sports physicals offered a unique opportunity to screen and treat adolescents for STDs and to provide STD-prevention counseling. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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