Chlamydia

References

Citations

  1. Peipert JF (2003). Genital chlamydial infections. New England Journal of Medicine, 349(25): 2424–2430.

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Chlamydia—CDC fact sheet. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/stdfact-chlamydia.htm.

  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. MMWR, 55(RR-11): 38–42.

  4. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2007). Screening for chlamydial infection: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Annals of Internal Medicine, 147(2): 128–133.

Other Works Consulted

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Chlamydia trachomatis. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 252–257. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

  • Miller WC, et al. (2004). Prevalence of chlamydial and gonococcal infections among young adults in the United States. JAMA, 291(18): 2229–2236.

  • Stamm WE, et al. (2005). Introduction to chlamydial diseases. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 2, pp.2236–2239. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone.


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Author: Sandy Jocoy, RN Last Updated: January 9, 2009
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