title: Chlamydia trachomatisInfection: Screening and Management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review current criteria and rationale forChlamydia trachomatisscreening, testing methods, and treatment of infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  C. trachomatisurogenital infections are an important public health problem. Screening forC. trachomatisin women age 25 and younger and men and women of any age at increased risk allows for the early treatment of disease, avoiding morbidity such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain, and reducing health care costs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Current screening recommendations are not being implemented satisfactorily. Home-based methods of screening are acceptable and may improve universal screening rates.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Mary B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Keegan
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Justin T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Diedrich
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Jeffrey F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Peipert