title: Diagnosis and treatment of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomonas in adolescents.
abstract: CME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: 1.Determine and discuss issues surrounding consent, confidentiality, and billing for sexually transmitted infection (STI) care delivery in the adolescent population.2.Review currently available testing modalities for STIs and their applicability in the adolescent population.3.Provide treatment and prevention strategies for the most commonly encountered STIs in the adolescent demographic. Adolescents and young adults, 15 to 24 years of age, carry a disproportionate burden of sexually transmitted infections compared with other age groups in the United States (see Figure 1).1.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, McLane Children’s Hospital, Temple, TX 76508, USA. mbeharry@sw.org
authors: Meera S
authors: MS
authors: Beharry
authors: Taraneh
authors: T
authors: Shafii
authors: Gale R
authors: GR
authors: Burstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003219:Confidentiality; D037001:Directive Counseling; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D057828:Informed Consent By Minors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008487:Medical History Taking; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States