chlamydia

(MedPage Today) -- Chlamydia trachomatis testing and urine culture can be done with a single sample, rather than the separate samples now commonly used, researchers reported.

Two sex-spread diseases increase, syphilis down Associated Press

(University of South Florida Health) Combination antibiotics effectively treat Chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis -- a major step toward management, and possibly cure, of this disease, a federal multicenter clinical trial led by the University of South Florida found.

The trial, sponsored by the National Institute of Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, is reported in the May 2010 issue of the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism.

Urologists may be missing many cases of Chlamydia trachomatis in sexually active young men presenting with acute epididymo-orchitis, researchers found.

Women should be tested for chlamydia every time they have a new sexual partner to cut their chances of pelvic disease, UK researchers say.

Frequent screening and treatment for chlamydia does not reduce prevalence of the disease in teenage girls living in cities, suggesting such efforts should also include young men, a new long-term study found.

Adolescent girls and young women appear to be at the greatest risk for contracting gonorrhea and chlamydia, the CDC says.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008....

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- A novel rapid urine test for chlamydia offers accurate diagnosis for men without painful urethral swabbing, researchers said.

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Although chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease, only two young women in five are screened for it, researchers found.