Marrazzo, Jeanne, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine


CONTACT INFORMATION
Harborview Medical Center
Division of Infectious Diseases 
Box 359931
325 Ninth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: (206) 731-3679
Fax: (206) 731-3693
jmm2@u.washington.edu

LINK TO JEANNE MARRAZZO'S COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE WEB PAGE

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research has focused on clinical and epidemiologic aspects of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), specifically Chlamydia trachomatis and human papillomavirus, and on research in the etiology and treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). I direct an NIH-funded study to investigate risk factors for acquisition of BV, and in particular am interested in the high prevalence of this condition in lesbians and its concordance among female sex partners, who may represent a model population in which to study potential sexual transmission of a previously undefined etiology of BV. The pathogenic potential of abnormal vaginal flora is also an area of active investigation. In addition to directing studies comparing the performance of various diagnostic tests for genital chlamydial infections, we have also implemented and studied community-wide testing for C. trachomatis using urine-based nucleic acid amplified testing, and are particularly interested in this technology as a new means to screen adolescents and males. This work has resulted in our developing selective screening guidelines for these tests in men and women, and investigations into possible variations in test performance (for example, presence of inflammation or pregnancy). 

PUBLICATIONS

Ginnochio RH, Veenstra D, Connell F, Marrazzo JM. The clinical and economic consequences of screening young men for genital chlamydial infection. Sex Trans Dis 302:99-106, 2003.

Marrazzo JM, Handsfield HH, Whittington WLH. Predicting chlamydial and gonococcal cervical infection: implications for management of cervicitis. Obstet Gynecol 100:579-84, 2002.

Marrazzo JM, Koutsky LA, Eschenbach DA, Agnew K, Stine K, Hillier SL. Characterization of vaginal flora and bacterial vaginosis in women who have sex with women. J Infect Dis 185:1307-13, 2002.