Adolescent: STI screening, Pap smear
 

STI screening

 

New laboratory methods allow for easy, noninvasive testing for important STIs.

In particular, highly sensitive and specific DNA amplification tests, such as those using the polymerase chain reaction, can be performed on urine specimens to identify infections with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, making spontaneous testing more appealing to most at-risk teenagers. In the past, these infections were identified only after a cervical specimen was obtained during the pelvic examination.
 

Pap Smear

Interpreting Cytology Results

Last updated February 2009
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Wright TC Jr, Massad LS, Dunton CH, et al. 2006 consensus guidelines for the management of  women with abnormal cervical cancer screening tests. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007; 197:346-355
ACOG Committee Opinion. Evaluation and management of abnormal cervical cytology and histology in the adolescent. Obstet Gynecol. 2006. 107: 963-968.

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