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Managing genital chlamydial infection: the effects of ethnic origin and method of follow-up.

Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, UK.
International Journal of STD & AIDS (impact factor: 1.09). 11/2004; 15(11):725-7. DOI:10.1258/0956462042395267
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT We assessed if ethnicity and method of follow-up were associated with differences in the number of patients and the number of partners successfully treated for genital chlamydial infection. This was done by retrospectively reviewing the first 400 cases of genital chlamydia diagnosed between February and June 2001 who had a traditional clinic follow-up and the first 400 cases from the same period in 2002 when the telephone follow-up was used. The telephone follow-up appointment system, when compared to a traditional clinic follow-up appointment system, eliminated differences between Black and White ethnic groups in the numbers of patients and partners satisfactorily treated.

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Keywords

differences
 
February
 
first 400 cases
 
genital chlamydial infection
 
patients
 
retrospectively
 
telephone follow-up appointment system
 
traditional clinic follow-up
 
traditional clinic follow-up appointment system
 
White ethnic groups
 

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