Chlamydia

Chlamydia

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 (2011). Chlamydia—CDC fact sheet. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/stdfact-chlamydia.htm.

  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). Chlamydial infections section of Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. MMWR, 59(RR-12): 44–49. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/default.htm.

  4. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2007). Screening for Chlamydial Infection: Recommendation Statement. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf07/chlamydia/chlamydiars.htm.

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: Recommendation Statement. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf08/sti/stirs.htm.

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Last Updated:
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