SAN FRANCISCO — In 1993, the CDC recommended routinely screening all pregnant women for Chlamydia trachomatis, or CT, which has significantly reduced the number of neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis cases in the United States, according to research presented at IDWeek 2018.
“Before the CDC recommendations in 1993, there was no routine screening of pregnant women for chlamydia,” Margaret R. Hammerschlag, MD, professor of pediatrics and medicine and director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, told Infectious Diseases
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