Editing Chlamydia (section)

==Treatment==
''C. trachomatis'' infection can be effectively cured with [[antibiotic]]s. Guidelines recommend [[azithromycin]], [[doxycycline]], [[erythromycin]], levofloxacin or [[ofloxacin]].<ref>{{cite book|veditors=Eliopoulos GM, Gilbert DN, Moellering RC|title=The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy 2011|publisher=Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc.|location=Sperryville, VA|isbn=978-1-930808-65-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sanfordguidetoan00davi_0/page/20 20]|url=https://archive.org/details/sanfordguidetoan00davi_0/page/20|year=2015}}</ref> In men, doxycycline (100&nbsp;mg twice a day for 7 days) is probably more effective than azithromycin (1 g single dose) but evidence for the relative effectiveness of antibiotics in women is very uncertain.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Páez-Canro C, Alzate JP, González LM, Rubio-Romero JA, Lethaby A, Gaitán HG | title = Antibiotics for treating urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in men and non-pregnant women | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = CD010871 | date = January 2019 | pmid = 30682211 | pmc = 6353232 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD010871.pub2 }}</ref> Agents recommended during pregnancy include erythromycin or [[amoxicillin]].<ref name="CDC2015" /><ref name="urlDiagnosis and Treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection - April 15, 2006 - American Family Physician">{{cite journal | vauthors = Miller KE | title = Diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection | journal = American Family Physician | volume = 73 | issue = 8 | pages = 1411–1416 | date = April 2006 | pmid = 16669564 | url = http://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0415/p1411.html | access-date = 2010-10-30 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111127054457/http://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0415/p1411.html | archive-date = November 27, 2011 }}</ref>

An option for treating sexual partners of those with chlamydia or [[gonorrhea]] includes [[patient-delivered partner therapy]] (PDT or PDPT), which is the practice of treating the sex partners of index cases by providing prescriptions or medications to the patient to take to his/her partner without the health care provider first examining the partner.<ref name="EPTFinalReport2006">[https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/EPTFinalReport2006.pdf Expedited Partner Therapy in the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2 February 2006)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729185320/https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/eptfinalreport2006.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060321102011/http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/EPTFinalReport2006.pdf |archive-date=2006-03-21 |url-status=live |date=29 July 2017 }} U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention</ref>

Following treatment people should be tested again after three months to check for reinfection.<ref name=CDC2015/> Test of cure may be [[false-positive]] due to the limitations of NAAT in a bacterial (rather than a viral) context, since targeted genetic material may persist in the absence of viable organisms.<ref name="toc">{{cite journal | vauthors = Dukers-Muijrers N, Morré S, Speksnijder A, Sande M, Hoebe C | title = ''Chlamydia trachomatis'' Test-of-Cure Cannot Be Based on a Single Highly Sensitive Laboratory Test Taken at Least 3 Weeks after Treatment | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 7 | issue = 3 | pages = e34108 | date = 28 March 2012 | pmid = 22470526 | pmc = 3314698 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0034108 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2012PLoSO...734108D }}</ref>