This report updates the 2006 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Included in these updated guidelines is new information regarding:
1) the expanded diagnostic evaluation for cervicitis and trichomoniasis;
2) new treatment recommendations for bacterial vaginosis and genital warts;
3) the clinical efficacy of azithromycin for chlamydial infections in pregnancy;
4) the role of Mycoplasma genitalium and trichomoniasis in urethritis/cervicitis and treatment-related implications;
5) lymphogranuloma venereum proctocolitis among men who have sex with men;
6) the criteria for spinal fluid examination to evaluate for neurosyphilis;
7) the emergence of azithromycin-resistantTreponema pallidum;
8.) the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae;
9) the sexual transmission of hepatitis C;
10) diagnostic evaluation after sexual assault; and
11) STD prevention approaches.
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