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- Title
Recomendações para o Diagnóstico e Tratamento da Infeção Não Complicada por Chlamydia trachomatis (Não- Linfogranuloma Venéreo) em Portugal.
- Authors
ANDRADE, Pedro; AZEVEDO, Jacinta; LISBOA, Carmen; FERNANDES, Cândida; BORREGO, Maria José; BORGES-COSTA, João; REIS, Joel; SANTIAGO, Felicidade; SANTOS, António; ALVES, João
- Abstract
Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the world. Being associated with a large number of asymptomatic carriers, the diagnosis is frequently challenging and requires appropriate laboratory testing. In Portugal, the incidence of the disease has been consistently increasing in recent years, meaning that special awareness is required for case identification, contact tracing and application of appropriate treatments. These recommendations result from the adaptation of the international consensuses on the diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection to the Portuguese healthcare setting, with the aim of standardizing the clinical and laboratory approach to symptomatic and non-symptomatic carriers of the disease.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; CHLAMYDIA trachomatis; CHLAMYDIA infections; BACTERIAL diseases; DISEASE vectors; CONTACT tracing
- Publication
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2024, Vol 37, Issue 6, p475
- ISSN
0870-399X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20344/amp.21442