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To the Editor: A first-catch urine sample from women may be an appropriate specimen for diagnosing chlamydial and gonococcal infection by DNA-amplification procedures.^1,2 This noninvasive means of obtaining a diagnostic specimen may provide a way to reach sexually active women who should be screened for sexually transmitted diseases but who lack adequate access to health care or fear pelvic examinations. One concern about substituting the examination of first-catch urine specimens for pelvic examinations is that clinical information may be lost. To determine the treatable conditions that were detected during routine pelvic examinations, we reviewed the charts of all girls and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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