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MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Recommendations and Reports
May 10, 2002/Vol. 51/No.RR-6

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002


Summary

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) 

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002 - Web browsable with extensive cross links.  If you want to download or print the Guidelines, please use the printable version below.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002 - Printable (in Adobe PDF Format 516 KB) - Released May 10, 2002

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Media Release - Fact Sheet: New CDC Treatment Guidelines Critical to Preventing Health Consequences of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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1998 Guidelines for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases - for comparison purposes only


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