Interventions to increase rescreening for repeat chlamydial infection

Guy, Rebecca; Hocking, Jane; Low, Nicola; Ali, Hammad; Bauer, Heidi M; Walker, Jenny; Klausner, Jeffrey D; Donovan, Basil; Kaldor, John M (2012). Interventions to increase rescreening for repeat chlamydial infection. Sexually transmitted diseases, 39(2), pp. 136-46. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823ed4ec

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Repeat infection with Chlamydia trachomatis following treatment is common and increases the risk of sequelae. Despite clinical guidelines recommending rescreening within 3 months of treatment, rescreening rates remain low. We undertook a systematic review to identify studies that compared rates of rescreening for repeat chlamydial infection between patients receiving and not receiving an intervention.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Low, Nicola

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0148-5717

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:22

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:06

Publisher DOI:

10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823ed4ec

PubMed ID:

22249303

Web of Science ID:

000299311700010

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.7466

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/7466 (FactScience: 212729)

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