title: Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections in adolescents--what's new?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Significant changes are taking place in the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in adolescents and young adults.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this review article, we provide an update of STIs in adolescents and young adults including: (1) Adolescent risk; (2) Screening guidelines; (3) Clinical manifestations; (4) Diagnostic testing; (5) Treatment; and (6) Prevention; with an emphasis on "what's new" in the field.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While the impacts of STI epidemiology and health care access are leading to new recommendations for screening and prevention, changes in technology and drug resistance are promoting new methods of STI testing and ongoing revisions of STI treatment recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, NY; Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. Electronic address: LCarmine@NSHS.edu.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carmine
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, NY; Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
authors.forename: Marigold
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, NY; Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003944:Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescent risk; Diagnostic testing; Sexually transmitted infection