2002 Treatment Guidelines:

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Treatment Guidelines 2002

NOTE: The 2006 Treatment Guidelines are now available.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002

As referenced in: MMWR 51(RR06) Download the Treatment Guidelines to your Palm Device

These guidelines for the treatment of patients who have sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after consultation with a group of professionals knowledgeable in the field of STDs who met in Atlanta on September 26–28, 2000. The information in this report updates the 1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (MMWR 1998;47[No. RR-1]). Included in these updated guidelines are... (more)

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Treatment Information Since 2002

• Notice to Readers: Discontinuation of Spectinomycin - MMWR April 7, 2006
• Expedited Partner Therapy in the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Review and Guidance (2 February 2006)
• Dear Colleague Letter - This letter outlines procedures for securing supplies of King’s Bicillin® L-A for the management of infectious syphilis in the United States.(22 August 2005)
• Dear Colleague Letter - Open letter from John M. Douglas, Jr., MD., Director, Division of STD Prevention on expedited partner therapy (12 May 2005)
• Dear Colleague Letter - Open letter from John M. Douglas, Jr., MD., Director, Division of STD Prevention on HPV testing and cervical cancer screening. 
• LGV (Lymphogranuloma Venereum) Project (Updated 19 June 2006)
• Inadvertent Use of Bicillin® C-R to Treat Syphilis Infection Los Angeles, California, 1999--2004 - MMWR (11 March 2005)
• Alternatives to intravenous penicillin G for specific infections (updated June 2004)
• Increases in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Among Men Who Have Sex with Men --- United States, 2003, and Revised Recommendations for Gonorrhea Treatment, 2004 - MMWR. (30 April 2004)
• MSM Information Center - Four division 'Dear Colleague' letter, online resources, and downloadable pocket card and posters (8 March 2004)
• Oral Alternatives to Cefixime for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Neisseria gonorrhoeae Urogenital Infections - (updated 30 April 2004)
• Notice to Readers: Discontinuation of Cefixime Tablets - MMWR. (22 November 2002)
• Fact Sheet: New CDC Treatment Guidelines Critical to Preventing Health Consequences of Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Media Release