Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Victims of Sexual Assault

Julius Schachter; Bonnie J. Dattel; John G. Prichard; Michael T. Osterholm; Kristine L. Macdonald; Richard N. Danila; Keith Henry; Jordan B. Glaser; Margaret R. Hammerschlag; William M. McCormack

doi:10.1056/NEJM198704163161611

Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Victims of Sexual Assault

Julius Schachter
, Bonnie J. Dattel
, John G. Prichard
, Michael T. Osterholm
, Kristine L. Macdonald
, Richard N. Danila
, Keith Henry
, Jordan B. Glaser
, Margaret R. Hammerschlag
, William M. McCormack

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To the Editor: Glaser et al. have addressed the important issue of sexually transmitted disease in victims of sexual assault (Sept. 4 issue).¹ We have some concerns about the implementation and interpretation of tests for Chlamydia trachomatis in that setting. We fully endorse the warnings of Glaser et al. about the use of antigen-detection tests; in our experience, there are many false positive results when these tests are used to examine extragenital sites in children. However, of even greater concern is the interpretation of the results of chlamydia cultures in female victims of sexual abuse. In examining adolescent girls for.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1023-1025
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	316
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198704163161611
State	Published - Apr 16 1987

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