Should Screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis Be Performed on Asymptomatic Young Adults as well as on the Victims of Sexual Assault?

In recent years, chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening has been discussed among different scientific boards. However, in Spain, chlamydia screening is offered to women who attend a hospital after sexual assault. We found that 5.1% of 59 cases attending our hospital after sexual assault between Januar...

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Autores principales: Yuguero, Oriol, Cabases, Amaia, Bertran, Silvia, Molins, Crisitina, Paredes, Paula, Ramirez, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7957948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33786526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/whr.2020.0088
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author Yuguero, Oriol
Cabases, Amaia
Bertran, Silvia
Molins, Crisitina
Paredes, Paula
Ramirez, Maria
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description In recent years, chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening has been discussed among different scientific boards. However, in Spain, chlamydia screening is offered to women who attend a hospital after sexual assault. We found that 5.1% of 59 cases attending our hospital after sexual assault between January 2017 and December 2019 tested positive for chlamydia infection. The mean age of the cases was 23.3 years. In comparison, screening asymptomatic patients of similar age attending hospital for other reasons have revealed a prevalence of CT of 7%. Hence, since CT is common in asymptomatic individuals as well as victims of sexual assault, we believe that chlamydia screening should also be a priority in asymptomatic patients.
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spelling pubmed-79579482021-03-29 Should Screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis Be Performed on Asymptomatic Young Adults as well as on the Victims of Sexual Assault? Yuguero, Oriol Cabases, Amaia Bertran, Silvia Molins, Crisitina Paredes, Paula Ramirez, Maria Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle) Case Report In recent years, chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening has been discussed among different scientific boards. However, in Spain, chlamydia screening is offered to women who attend a hospital after sexual assault. We found that 5.1% of 59 cases attending our hospital after sexual assault between January 2017 and December 2019 tested positive for chlamydia infection. The mean age of the cases was 23.3 years. In comparison, screening asymptomatic patients of similar age attending hospital for other reasons have revealed a prevalence of CT of 7%. Hence, since CT is common in asymptomatic individuals as well as victims of sexual assault, we believe that chlamydia screening should also be a priority in asymptomatic patients. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2021-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7957948/ /pubmed/33786526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/whr.2020.0088 Text en © Oriol Yuguero et al., 2021; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Should Screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis Be Performed on Asymptomatic Young Adults as well as on the Victims of Sexual Assault?
title Should Screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis Be Performed on Asymptomatic Young Adults as well as on the Victims of Sexual Assault?
title_full Should Screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis Be Performed on Asymptomatic Young Adults as well as on the Victims of Sexual Assault?
title_fullStr Should Screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis Be Performed on Asymptomatic Young Adults as well as on the Victims of Sexual Assault?
title_full_unstemmed Should Screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis Be Performed on Asymptomatic Young Adults as well as on the Victims of Sexual Assault?
title_short Should Screening for Chlamydia Trachomatis Be Performed on Asymptomatic Young Adults as well as on the Victims of Sexual Assault?
title_sort should screening for chlamydia trachomatis be performed on asymptomatic young adults as well as on the victims of sexual assault?
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7957948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33786526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/whr.2020.0088
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