Screening sexually active adolescents for Chlamydia trachomatis: what about the boys?

Objectives: We sought to determine the effectiveness of a systems-based intervention designed to increase Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening among adolescent boys.

Methods: An intervention aimed at increasing CT screening among adolescent girls was extended to adolescent boys (14-18 years). Ten pediatric clinics in a health maintenance organization with an ethnically diverse population were randomized.

To screen or not to screen: prevalence of C. trachomatis among sexually active asymptomatic male adolescents attending health maintenance pediatric visits.

This study estimated the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) among sexually active, asymptomatic, multiethnic adolescent males attending preventive health maintenance visits at pediatric clinics within a large health maintenance organization. First-void urines of sexually active 14-18-year-old males were screened for CT. The CT infection rate was 4% (27/711), 95% CI = 2.