High Rate of Partner Treatment Among Chlamydia trachomatis-Infected Pregnant Women in Lima, Peru

Sex Transm Dis. 2016 May;43(5):296-8. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000436.

Abstract

This was a substudy of 60 Chlamydia trachomatis-infected women from a larger study of pregnant women in Lima, Peru. Participants were encouraged to bring their partners in for concurrent patient-partner treatment. The alternative partner treatment was expedited partner therapy. Partner treatment uptake was 91.7%. Twenty-one partners (38.2%) received treatment through concurrent patient-partner treatment, and 34 (61.8%) through expedited partner therapy. Living with the partner was significantly associated with having the partner treated (P=0.0028).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chlamydia Infections / drug therapy
  • Chlamydia Infections / epidemiology*
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification*
  • Contact Tracing*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Peru / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
  • Sexual Partners
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / microbiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents