Open AccessRepeatedChlamydia trachomatisGenital Infections in Adolescent Women
Author(s) -
Byron E. Batteiger,
Wanzhu Tu,
Susan Ofner,
Barbara Van Der Pol,
Diane R. Stothard,
Donald P. Orr,
Barry P. Katz,
J. Dennis Fortenberry
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/648734
Subject(s) - chlamydia trachomatis , medicine , chlamydia , incidence (geometry) , cohort , antibiotics , cohort study , condom , sex organ , immunology , pediatrics , biology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , genetics , optics
Repeated Chlamydia trachomatis infections are common among young sexually active women. The relative frequency of reinfection and antibiotic treatment failure is undefined.