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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2010

Medical and legal implications of testing for sexually transmitted infections in children.

Margaret R Hammerschlag, Christina D Guillén

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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Management of STI: Looking Beyond the Index Case.Indian journal of dermatology · 2014
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  10. Extensive condylomata lata in an adolescent: An uncommon and unusual presentation.Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Margaret R HammerschlagDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098, USA. mhammerschlag@downstate.edu
Christina D Guillén

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in children presents a number of problems for the practitioner that are not usually faced when testing adults for the same infections. The identification of an STI in a child can have, in addition to medical implications, serious legal implications. The presence of an STI is often used to support the presence or allegations of sexual abuse, and conversely, the identification of an STI in a child will prompt an investigation of possible abuse. The purpose of this paper is to review the epidemiology of child sexual abuse, including the epidemiology of major STIs including Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, syphilis, herpes simplex virus (HSV), Trichomonas vaginalis, and human papillomavirus, and the current recommendations for diagnostic testing in this population.

Indexed as

ChildChild Abuse, SexualChlamydia trachomatisClinical Laboratory TechniquesFemaleHumansMaleNeisseria gonorrhoeaePapillomaviridaeSexually Transmitted DiseasesSimplexvirusTreponema pallidumTrichomonas vaginalis

Identifiers

PMID20610820
PMCPMC2901660

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