Patient-delivered partner therapy.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Coombe, Jacqueline; Goller, Jane; Bittleston, Helen; Bateson, Deborah; Bourne, Christopher; O’Donnell, Heather; Tomnay, Jane; Temple-Smith, Meredith; Hocking, Jane S.
- Source
- Australian Journal of General Practice; Jun2022, Vol. 51 Issue 6, p425-429, 5p
- Subject
- PELVIC inflammatory disease
SEXUALLY transmitted diseases
- Language
- ISSN
- 2208794X
The article offers information on an overview of the process of offering patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT). It further discusses one option for management of sexual partner(s) of a patient diagnosed with a chlamydia infection; the risk of chlamydia-related complications in women, including pelvic inflammatory disease (PID); and PDPT guidance allowing prescription or supply of azithromycin for partners of patients with uncomplicated chlamydia.