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Prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases updated.
2003 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases have been updated.
According to a study from the United States, "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published updated guidelines that provide new strategies for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)."
"Patient education is first important step in reducing the number of persons who engage in risky sexual behaviors," said Karl E. Miller and colleagues at the University of Tennessee. "Information on STD prevention should be individualized on the basis of the patient's stage of development and understanding of sexual issues. Other preventive strategies include administering the hepatitis B vaccine series to unimmunized patients who present for STD evaluation and administering hepatitis A vaccine to illegal drug users and men who have sex with men. The CDC recommends against using any form of nonoxynol 9 for STD prevention."
"New treatment strategies include avoiding the use of quinolone therapy in patients who contract gonorrhea in California or Hawaii," reported Miller and his coauthors. "Testing for cure is not necessary if chlamydial infection is treated with a first-line antibiotic (azithromycin or ...
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- Magazine article from: Women's Health Advisor May 1, 2007 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, Prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases updated.