MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Recommendations and Reports
May 10, 2002/Vol. 51/No.RR-6

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
 Treatment Guidelines 2002

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Table of Contents

Suggested Citation
bullet  Introduction
bullet  Clinical Prevention Guidelines
      » Prevention Messages
      » Prevention Methods
      » STD/HIV Prevention Counseling
      » Partner Notification
      » Reporting and Confidentiality
bullet  Special Populations
      » Pregnant Women
      » Adolescents
      » Children
      » Men Who Have Sex with Men
bullet  HIV Infection: Detection, Counseling, and Referral
      » Detection of HIV Infection: Diagnostic Testing
      » Counseling for Patients with HIV Infection and Referral to
         Support Services
      » Management of Sex Partners and Injection-Drug Partners
      » Special Considerations
bullet  Diseases Characterized by Genital Ulcers
      » Management of Patients Who Have Genital Ulcers
      » Chancroid
      » Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
      » Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)
      » Lymphogranuloma Venereum
      » Syphilis
bullet  Congenital Syphilis
      » Evaluation and Treatment of Infants in the First Month of
          Life
      » Evaluation and Treatment of Older Infants and Children
      » Follow-Up
      » Special Considerations
bullet  Management of Patients Who Have a History of Penicillin
   Allergy
      » Recommendations
      » Penicillin Allergy Skin Testing
bullet  Diseases Characterized by Urethritis and Cervicitis
      » Management of Male Patients Who Have Urethritis
      » Etiology
      » Confirmed Urethritis
      » Management of Patients Who Have Nongonococcal
         Urethritis
      » Management of Patients Who Have Mucopurulent
          Cervicitis (MPC)
      » Chlamydial Infections
      » Gonococcal Infections
bullet  Diseases Characterized by Vaginal Discharge
      » Management of Patients Who Have Vaginal Infections
      » Bacterial Vaginosis
      » Trichomoniasis
      » Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
bullet  Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
      » Diagnostic Considerations
      » Treatment
      » Follow-Up
      » Management of Sex Partners
      » Prevention
      » Special Considerations
bullet  Epididymitis
      » Diagnostic Considerations
      » Treatment
      » Follow-Up
      » Management of Sex Partners
      » Special Considerations
bullet  Human Papillomavirus Infection
      » Genital Warts
      » Subclinical Genital HPV Infection (Without Exophytic
         Warts)
bullet  Cervical Cancer Screening for Women Who Attend STD Clinics
    or Have a History of STDs
      » Recommendations
      » Special Considerations
bullet  Vaccine Preventable STDs
      » Hepatitis A
      » Hepatitis B
bullet  Hepatitis C
      » Sexual Activity
      » Diagnosis and Treatment
      » Prevention
      » Postexposure Follow-Up
bullet  Proctitis, Proctocolitis, and Enteritis
      » Treatment
      » Follow-Up
      » Management of Sex Partners
bullet  Ectoparasitic Infections
      » Pediculosis Pubis
      » Scabies
bullet  Sexual Assault and STDs
      » Adults and Adolescents
      » Evaluation for Sexually Transmitted Infections
      » Sexual Assault or Abuse of Children
bullet  References
bullet  Abbreviations Used in This Publication
bullet  Consultants
 

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