The cost effectiveness of azithromycin for chlamydia trachomatis infections in women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 274-280

  Haddix, Anne C ^a   Hillis, Susan D ^a   Kassler, William J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COST; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBIOTICS, MACROLIDE; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 0029147143     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199509000-00002     Document Type: Article

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