Opportunistic screening for chlamydial infection at time of cervical smear testing in general practice: prevalence study

Abstract

Contact partners of women with C trachomatis infection may be deterred from seeking medical help because of the intimate nature of the infection and because a urethral swab is needed.Urine samples obtained at home provide a non-invasive and less time consuming alternative.A similar procedure for contact tracing of female partners of men infected with C trachomatis should be considered as the organism has been detected in urine samples from women. 5 We thank the participating general practitioners.Contributors: BA coordinated the primary study hypothesis and the core ideas, designed the protocol, obtained approval from the ethics committee, coordinated inclusion of patients, scanned the data, and coordinated the interpretation of results and writing of the paper.LØ discussed the primary hypothesis, core ideas, analysis, and protocol design and participated in the interpretation of results and writing of the paper.JKM discussed the hypothesis and ideas, led the analysis of the samples obtained, participated in the interpretation of results, and edited the paper.FO discussed the hypothesis and core ideas and participated in the protocol design, coordination of contact with the general practitioners, the interpretation of results, and the writing of the paper.FO is the guarantor of the paper.