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Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing Best Practices

By Rebecca Barron, MD, MPH; Stephen Liang, MD, FACEP; William Weber, MD, MPH; and Elaine Josephson, MD, FACEP | on January 21, 2020 | 0 Comment
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Dr. Barron, Dr. Liang, Dr. Weber, and Dr. Josephson are members of the ACEP Public Health and Injury Prevention Committee.

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ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 01 – January 2020

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2016. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2017.
  2. LeFevre ML. Screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2014;161(12):902-910.
  3. Papp JR, Schachter J, Gaydos CA, et al. Recommendations for the laboratory-based detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2014;63(RR-02):1-19.
  4. Hobbs MM, van der Pol B, Totten P, et al. From the NIH: proceedings of a workshop on the importance of self-obtained vagina specimens for detection of sexually transmitted infections. Sex Transm Dis. 2008;35(1):8-13.
  5. Gaydos CA, Ferrero DV, Papp J. Laboratory aspects of screening men for Chlamydia trachomatis in the new millennium. Sex Transm Dis. 2008;35(11 suppl):S45-S50.
  6. Knox J, Tabrizi SN, Miller P, et al. Evaluation of self-collected samples in contrast to practitioner-collected samples for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis by polymerase chain reaction among women living in remote areas. Sex Transm Dis. 2002;29(11):647-654.
  7. Cook RL, Hutchison SL, Østergaard L, et al. Systematic review: noninvasive testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142(11):914-925. 

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