title: Sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents.
abstract: Sexually transmitted organisms cause significant morbidity in adolescents, their sexual partners, and their offspring. The primary care physician may be effective in reducing the prevalence and sequelae of STDs in teenagers by being aware of the scope of this problem in the adolescent population as well as treatment options.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000382:microbiology; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control