Results of a program to test women for rectal Chlamydia and gonorrhea.

CONCLUSION:: Sexually transmitted disease clinics might improve chlamydia and gonorrhea case-finding through rectal testing of women, but more study is needed to determine the effects of finding and treating such infections. Reporting anal intercourse did not predict rectal chlamydial infection among women tested at both the rectum and the vagina. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:: II. PMID: 20308835 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology)

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