Chlamydia and Gonorrhea | Annals of Internal Medicine - Annals of Internal Medicine

Affiliations:

University of Washington and Public Health – Seattle & King County, Seattle, Washington (J.C.D.)

CME Objective: To review current evidence for screening, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and practice improvement of chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Funding Source: American College of Physicians.

Acknowledgment: The author thanks Kimberly Workowski, MD, author of the previous version of this In the Clinic.

With the assistance of additional physician writers, the editors of Annals of Internal Medicine develop In the Clinic using MKSAP and other resources of the American College of Physicians. The patient information page was written by Monica Lizarraga from the Patient and Interprofessional Partnership Initiative at the American College of Physicians.

In the Clinic does not necessarily represent official ACP clinical policy. For ACP clinical guidelines, please go to https://www.acponline.org/clinical_information/guidelines/.

Disclosures: Dr. Dombrowski, ACP Contributing Author, reports a research grant from Hologic to the University of Washington, consulting fees from the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors, and an honorarium from Planned Parenthood Federation of America and is a member of the Executive Committee of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association and the National Medical Committee of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Disclosures can also be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M21-0907.

Editors' Disclosures: Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief, reports that her spouse has stock options/holdings with Targeted Diagnostics and Therapeutics. Stephanie Chang, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor, reports employment with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, travel compensation from the Guidelines International Network, and participation in the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute methodology committee. Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, Deputy Editor, reports grants received from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and royalties from UpToDate and Oxford University Press. Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor, reports that she has no financial relationships or interests to disclose. Eliseo Guallar, MD, MPH, DrPH, Deputy Editor, Statistics, reports that he has no financial relationships or interests to disclose. Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor, reports employment with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and consultancy with Boston Medical Center. Sankey V. Williams, MD, Deputy Editor, reports that he has no financial relationships or interests to disclose. Yu-Xiao Yang, MD, MSCE, Deputy Editor, reports employment with the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and consultancies with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the State of Colorado.

This article was published at Annals.org on 12 October 2021.

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea | Annals of Internal Medicine - Annals of Internal Medicine