High Rate of Partner Treatment Among Chlamydia trachomatis-Infected Pregnant Women in Lima, Peru.
This was a substudy of 60 Chlamydia trachomatis-infected women from a larger study of pregnant women in Lima, Peru. Participants were encouraged to bring their partners in for concurrent patient-partner treatment. The alternative partner treatment was expedited partner therapy. Partner treatment uptake was 91.7%. Twenty-one partners (38.2%) received treatment through concurrent patient-partner treatment, and 34 (61.8%) through expedited partner therapy. Living with the partner was significantly associated with having the partner treated (P=0.0028).
From the *Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA; †Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; ‡Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru; and §Unit of Epidemiology, STD and HIV, School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
Minh
M
Nguyen
Jeanne
J
Cabeza
Eddy
E
Segura
Patricia J
PJ
García
Jeffrey D
JD
Klausner
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016358:Contact Tracing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents