Chlamydia trachomatis reinfection rates among female adolescents seeking rescreening in school-based health centers
| Autor: | Gerry Waterfield, Thomas C. Quinn, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Sharon Hobson, Billie Jo Wood, Catherine Wright |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Sexually transmitted disease Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Chlamydia trachomatis Dermatology Urinalysis medicine.disease_cause Article Recurrence Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Prevalence Humans Cumulative incidence School-based health centers School Health Services Chlamydia biology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Chlamydia Infections Patient Acceptance of Health Care biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Confidence interval Surgery Infectious Diseases Adolescent Health Services Tasa Baltimore Women's Health Female business |
| Zdroj: | Sexually transmitted diseases. 35(3) |
| ISSN: | 0148-5717 |
| Popis: | Background—Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections are common among adolescents attending high and middle schools. The study objective was to determine the reinfection rates of CT for females attending school-based health centers. Methods—Adolescents attending school-based health centers who reported they were sexually active were screened for CT using nucleic acid amplification tests on cervical or urine samples. Between 1996 and 2003, 10,609 female students were tested. The overall annual prevalence for unduplicated students in a calendar year ranged from 15.1% to 19.5%. Reinfection was defined as a positive test result occurring between 30 and 365 days after an initial positive result. Results—There were 897 female students who tested positive for CT and returned for at least 1 subsequent test between 30 and 365 days later. Of these, 236 had 1 or more subsequent positive tests for a cumulative incidence of reinfection in 1 year of 26.3% (95% confidence interval = 23.4-29.2%). Young age at first infection was significantly associated with increased risk of subsequent infection (P |
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