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Article: Young women often can't be reached after STI testing.(GYNECOLOGY)
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- OB GYN News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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BALTIMORE -- Empiric treatment for sexually transmitted infections among adolescent girls presenting to a pediatric emergency department is high, but many patients are unreachable for follow-up and some remain unaware that they are infected, according to a 3-month baseline study.
In all, 120 young women aged 14-21 years who were seen at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital pediatric emergency department (PED) tested positive for Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, or Trichomonas vaginalis between July 1 and Sept. 23, 2008, reported Dr. Jennifer Reed, an attending physician in the division of emergency medicine.
More than two-thirds of adolescents ...