Screening for chlamydia with the Pap test.
The implementation of the recent National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines for the management of asymptomatic women with screen detected abnormalities is welcome and should address the current practice of unnecessary repeated investigation of young women infected with human papilloma virus (HPV). It is timely to consider the overall benefit of the Pap test in this group for whom rates of cervical cancer are extremely low.
Toyne
Helen
H
The School of General Practice, Rural, and Indigenous Health, Australian National University Medical School, Tuggeranong, ACT. helen.toyne@anu.edu.au
Glasgow
Nicholas
N
McGuiness
Clare
C
Bowden
Francis J
FJ
Currie
Marian J
MJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods*