Journal article
Diagnosis and Management of Uncomplicated Chlamydia trachomatis Infections in Adolescents and Adults: Summary of Evidence Reviewed for the 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines
WM Geisler, JS Hocking, T Darville, BE Batteiger, RC Brunham
Clinical Infectious Diseases | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2022
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac126
Abstract
To prepare for the development of the 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines, the CDC convened a committee of expert consultants in June 2019 to discuss recent abstracts and published literature on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of sexually transmitted infections.This paper summarizes the key questions, evidence, and recommendations for the diagnosis and management of uncomplicated Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections in adolescents and adults that were reviewed and discussed for consideration in developing the guidelines. The evidence reviewed mostly focused on efficacy of doxycycline and azithromycin for urog..
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Funding Acknowledgements
W. M. G. is supported by the Alabama-North Carolina STD/HIV Training Prevention Center (grant number 1U62PS004582) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Division of Public Health Services. J. S. H. is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Research Fellowship (award number 1136117). T. D. is supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (grant/award numbers R01AI119164 and U19AI144181.