Screening for sexually transmitted diseases during preparticipation sports examination of high school adolescents.
In an urban school district, 636 students in grades 9-12 were tested for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by ligase chain reaction assays using specimens collected for routine urinalyses during sports physical examinations. Chlamydia and gonorrhea prevalences were 2.8% and 0.7% among males, and 6.5% and 2.0% among females, respectively. Among athletes infected with either sexually transmitted disease (STD), 93.1% reported no symptoms, and treatment was documented for 75.9%. Sports physicals offered a unique opportunity to screen and treat adolescents for STDs and to provide STD-prevention counseling.
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. mnsuam@lsuhsc.edu
Malanda
M
Nsuami
Migel
M
Elie
Bridget N
BN
Brooks
Ladatra S
LS
Sanders
Theresa D
TD
Nash
Feseha
F
Makonnen
Stephanie N
SN
Taylor
Deborah A
DA
Cohen
D000293:Adolescent; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D022521:Ligase Chain Reaction; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination; D012574:Schools; D013177:Sports; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016482:Urinalysis