Open AccessPatient-Reported Expedited Partner Therapy for Gonorrhea in the United States
Author(s) -
Mark Stenger,
Roxanne P. Kerani,
Heidi M. Bauer,
Nicole Burghardt,
Greta Anschuetz,
Ellen J. Klingler,
Christina Schumacher,
Julie Simon,
Matthew R. Golden
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000329
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , medicine , receipt , demography , heterosexuality , incidence (geometry) , family medicine , intervention (counseling) , public health , ethnic group , multivariate analysis , homosexuality , psychiatry , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , optics , gender studies , nursing , sociology , world wide web , computer science , anthropology
Expedited partner therapy (EPT) has been shown to prevent reinfection in persons with gonorrhea and to plausibly reduce incidence. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends EPT as an option for treating sex partners of heterosexual patients. Few studies that examine how the reported use of this valuable intervention differs by patient and provider characteristics and by geography across multiple jurisdictions in the United States are currently available.