Diagnosis and treatment of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomonas in adolescents.

CME EDUCATIONAL

OBJECTIVES

1.Determine and discuss issues surrounding consent, confidentiality, and billing for sexually transmitted infection (STI) care delivery in the adolescent population.2.Review currently available testing modalities for STIs and their applicability in the adolescent population.3.Provide treatment and prevention strategies for the most commonly encountered STIs in the adolescent demographic. Adolescents and young adults, 15 to 24 years of age, carry a disproportionate burden of sexually transmitted infections compared with other age groups in the United States (see Figure 1).1.