To screen or not to screen: prevalence of C. trachomatis among sexually active asymptomatic male adolescents attending health maintenance pediatric visits

Tebb, Kathleen P; Shafer, Mary-Ann; Wibbelsman, Charles J; Pecson, Samantha; Tipton, Ann C; Neuhaus, John M; Ko, Timothy H; Pantell, Robert H

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.06.007

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Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 166-168, March 2004

To screen or not to screen: prevalence of C. trachomatis among sexually active asymptomatic male adolescents attending health maintenance pediatric visits

Kathleen P Tebb, Ph.D.
- Division of Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (K.P.T., M.-A.S., S.P., R.H.P.)
- Address correspondence to: Kathleen Tebb, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, 3333 California Street, Suite 245, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94143-0503, USA.
Mary-Ann Shafer, M.D.
- Division of Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (K.P.T., M.-A.S., S.P., R.H.P.)
Charles J Wibbelsman, M.D.
- Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, California, USA (C.J.W.)
Samantha Pecson, B.S.
- Division of Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (K.P.T., M.-A.S., S.P., R.H.P.)
Ann C Tipton, M.D.
- Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA (A.C.T., T.H.K.)
John M Neuhaus, Ph.D.
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (J.M.N.)
Timothy H Ko, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
- Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA (A.C.T., T.H.K.)
Robert H Pantell, M.D.
- Division of Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (K.P.T., M.-A.S., S.P., R.H.P.)