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New Directions In STD Treatment - University of Hawaii

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Cervicitis – <strong>Treatment</strong> Issues<br />

� <strong>New</strong> age- and risk-based empiric treatment<br />

� Presumptive treatment for CT:<br />

� Age 25 or younger<br />

� <strong>STD</strong> risk in older women: new/multiple partners,<br />

unprotected sex<br />

� Especially if follow-up unlikely or non-NAAT test<br />

used<br />

� Presumptive treatment for GC:<br />

� High prevalence (>5%)<br />

� Treat BV if present

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