Detecting Sexually Transmitted Disease.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1080/00913847.1995.11947736.
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Abstract
In brief During a routine preparticipation exam, a 17-year-old asymptomatic boy had a 1+ leukocyte esterase reaction on urinalysis. A subsequent urethral smear was positive for Chlamydia trachomatis, a pathogen that can cause urethritis or epididymitis in men and cervicitis and infertility in women. Most authorities do not consider a screening urinalysis a necessary part of the preparticipation exam because the yield of significant renal or metabolic disease is low. However, the newer dipstick strips that incorporate the leukocyte esterase test may prompt a reassessment.