Chlamydia

References

Citations

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

  2. Low N (2006). Chlamydia (uncomplicated, genital), search date January 2006. Online version of Clinical Evidence (15): 1–7.

  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 (2003). Chlamydia trachomatis. In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2003 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 26th ed., pp. 238–243. 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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