
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1993                   TAG: 9311030183
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: CHICAGO                                LENGTH: Short

CHLAMYDIA TESTS URGED FOR YOUNG MEN

New tests for chlamydia have become so simple, inexpensive and accurate that all sexually active young men could be routinely tested for the disease, researchers say.

A urine test at the doctor's office, costing only a few dollars, can detect 75 percent or more of all infections of the sexually transmitted disease, which strikes 4 million Americans annually.

Follow-up laboratory tests, also relatively inexpensive, can detect all false positive results and eliminate unnecessary treatment.

"We suggest that routine performance of a [simple urine test] in asymptomatic, sexually active, adolescent males and young men be considered during all routine examinations," Drs. Mark D. Aronson and Russell S. Phillips wrote in an editorial in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.

- Associated Press

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