Chlamydia trachomatis infection in asymptomatic men

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-42

  LaMontagne, D Scott ^a   Fine, David N ^a   Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^b  

^a Center for Health Training   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037238312     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00573-1     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Mertz K.J., Levine W.C., Mosure D.J., Berman S.M., Dorian K.J. Trends in the prevalence of chlamydial infections - the impact of community-wide testing. Sex Transm Dis. 24:1997;169-175.
2. Marrazzo J.M., Stamm W.E. New approaches to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of chlamydial infection. Remington J.S., Swartz M.N. Current clinical topics in infectious diseases. 18th ed: 1998;37-59 Blackwell Science, Boston.
3. Braverman P.K., Biro F.M., Brunner R.L., Gilchrist M.J.R., Rauh J.L. Screening asymptomatic adolescent males for chlamydia. J Adolesc Health Care. 11:1990;141-144.
4. Domeika M., Bassiri M., Mardh P.-A. Diagnosis of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in asymptomatic males by testing urine by PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 32:1994;2350-2352.
5. Moncada J., Schachter J., Shafer M.A., et al. Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in first catch urine samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic males. Sex Transm Dis. 21:1994;8-12.
6. Chernesky M.A., Jang D., Lee H., et al. Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in men and women by testing first-void urine by ligase chain reaction. J Clin Microbiol. 32:1994;2682-2685.
7. Anestad G., Berdal B.P., Scheel O., et al. Screening urine samples by leukocyte esterase test and ligase chain reaction for chlamydial infections among asymptomatic men. J Clin Microbiol. 33:1995;2483-2484.
8. Ciemins E.L., Kent C.K., Flood J., Klausner J.D. Evaluation of chlamydia and gonorrhea screening criteria - San Francisco sexually transmitted disease clinic 1997 to 1998 . Sex Transm Dis. 27:2000;165-167.
9. Marrazzo J.M., White C.L., Krekeler B., et al. Community-based urine screening for Chlamydia trachomatis with a ligase chain reaction assay. Ann Intern Med. 127:1997;796-803.
10. Marrazzo J.M., Whittington W.L., Celum C.L., et al. Urine-based screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in men attending sexually transmitted disease clinics. Sex Transm Dis. 28:2001;219-225.
11. Infertility prevention project: program guidelines and data collection. 2000;Center for Health Training, Seattle, WA.
12. Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2000. 2001;Division of STD Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
13. Gershman K.A., Barrow J.C. A tale of two sexually transmitted diseases prevalences and predictors of chlamydia and gonorrhea in women attending Colorado family planning clinics . Sex Transm Dis. 23:1996;481-488.
14. Mosure D.J., Berman S., Kleinbaum D., Halloran M.E. Predictors of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among female adolescents a longitudinal analysis . Am J Epidemiol. 144:1996;997-1003.
15. 2002;The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York.
16. Screening for chlamydial infection: recommendations and rationale. Am J Prev Med. 20:(suppl 3):2001;90-94.
17. Marrazzo J.M., Celum C.L., Hillis S.D., Fine D., DeLisle S., Hansfield H.H. Performance and cost-effectiveness of selective screening criteria for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women implications for a national chlamydia control strategy . Sex Transm Dis. 24:1997;131-141.
18. Dicker L.W., Mosure D.J., Levine W.C., Black C.M., Berman S.M. Impact of switching laboratory tests on reported trends in Chlamydia trachomatis infections. Am J Epidemiol. 151:2000;430-435.