Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Target Population:

Infectious disease, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine, and family medicine physicians, as well as public health workers

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Type:

Consensus statement based on a systematic evidence-based review of the medical literature on each of the major sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Reviews were conducted by CDC personnel, with input from outside consultants. Recommendations on management of hepatitis A and hepatitis B from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices were also incorporated.

Key Points:

This revision of the CDC recommendations for STD management contains an expanded discussion on the management of cervicitis/urethritis,…