Pediatric Cervicitis Treatment & Management
- Author: Latha Chandran, MBBS, MD, MPH; Chief Editor: Andrea L Zuckerman, MD more...
Medical Care
- Establishing the etiologic agent is a key to successful treatment (see Medication).
- Ensuring that the patient's sexual contacts receive the appropriate examination and treatment is also essential.
- Most treatment failures are actually reinfections from an untreated sexual partner.
Activity
Advise patients to abstain from sexual activity until test results after therapy are negative and partners are treated. Advise them to use condoms when they resume sexual activity.
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