Monitoring
Patients should follow-up with their primary care physician to confirm the results of diagnostic tests and to ensure the condition has clinically resolved. Some authorities recommend a test of cure (negative nucleic acid amplification test) 3 to 4 weeks after finishing treatment.[56] European guidelines suggest that a test of cure is not necessary if the recommended 21-day course of doxycycline is completed; but, if alternative treatment regimens are used, a test-of-cure is recommended 4 to 6 weeks after treatment completion.[57]
Patients with LGV should also be evaluated for other STDs, including infections that are endemic to areas shared by LGV such as gonorrhoea, chancroid, syphilis, granuloma inguinale, genital herpes, human papillomavirus, HIV, and viral hepatitis.
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