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1: Am J Public Health. 2004 Jul;94(7):1124-6.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Syphilis testing in association with gonorrhea/chlamydia testing during a syphilis outbreak.

Rosenman MB, Kraft SK, Harezlak J, Mahon BE, Katz BP, Wang J, Arno JN.

Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA. mrosenma@iupui.edu

We used an electronic medical records system retrospectively to evaluate how frequently, in a public hospital and its clinics, combined gonorrhea/chlamydia tests were accompanied by a syphilis test before and during a syphilis outbreak. Among 70,330 gonorrhea/chlamydia tests (1996-2000), the proportion with a syphilis test increased from 13% (preoutbreak) to 50% (intervention period) for men and from 6% to 13% for nonpregnant women. The increased syphilis testing coincided with a multifaceted public health intervention.

PMID: 15226131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1448409