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Combating Syphilis and Gonorrhea in the 1990s

H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

JAMA. 1990;264(11):1451-1452.

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A recent issue of JAMA carried a policy statement from the Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Medical Association that reaffirmed the Association's commitment to public health and to fostering cooperation between clinicians and public health professionals.¹ In an accompanying editorial,² Roger Bulger, MD, eloquently summarized the educational and philosophic differences that, at times, have inhibited collaboration between these two groups. Perhaps no health problems better exemplify the importance of an interactive partnership between clinicians and public health practitioners than sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In this issue of THE JOURNAL, two reports from the Centers for Disease Control^3,4 present important recent developments in the epidemiology and treatment of syphilis and gonorrhea, the most common of the classic "old" STDs. Both reports describe national trends and have a relatively pure public health perspective. Is the information relevant to daily practice? What is the clinician's role in the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health and the Departments of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Harborview Medical Center ZA-89, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 (Dr Handsfield).

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