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Chlamydia


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References

Citations

  1. Stamm WE (2008). Chlamydia trachomatis. In KK Holmes et al., eds., Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 4th ed., pp. 575–593. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). 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 (2009). Chlamydia trachomatis. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 255–259. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

  • Horner P (2010). Chlamydia (uncomplicated, genital), search date September 2009. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

  • Stamm WE, Batteiger BE (2010). Introduction to Chlamydia and Chlamydophila. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2439–2442. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2008). Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (AHQR Publication 08-05123-EF-2). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Also available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf08/sti/stirs.htm.



Last Updated: December 15, 2010
Medical Review:
Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine

Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH - Infectious Disease


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