Sexually Transmitted Diseases
1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (MMWR 47(RR-1);1-118)
These guidelines for the treatment of patients who have sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) were developed by CDC staff members after consultation with
a group of invited experts who met in Atlanta on February 10-12, 1997. The
information in this report updates the "1993 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Treatment Guidelines" (MMWR 1993;42{no. RR-14}). Included are new recommendations
for treatment of primary and recurrent genital herpes and management of pelvic
inflammatory disease; a new patient-applied medication for treatment of genital
warts; and a revised approach to the management of victims of sexual assault.
Revised sections describe the evaluation of urethritis and the diagnostic
evaluation of congenital syphilis. These guidelines also include expanded
sections concerning STDs among infants, children, and pregnant women and the
management of patients who have asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus
infection, genital warts, and genital herpes. Guidelines are provided for
vaccine-preventable STDs, including recommendations for the use of hepatitis
A and hepatitis B vaccines.
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