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==Management== | ==Management== | ||
*Male partner: give allergy instructions | |||
*Female partner: needs pregnancy test first | |||
*MSM: need HIV test (↑HIV rate) | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 19:08, 6 February 2016
Background
- Tx sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing rx or medications to the patient to take to his/her partner without the health care provider examining the partner.
- Decreases recurrence
- Legal in most states. Potentially permissible in others
Management
- Male partner: give allergy instructions
- Female partner: needs pregnancy test first
- MSM: need HIV test (↑HIV rate)