Update on chancroid: An important cause of genital ulcer disease

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-226

  Langley, Carol ^a  

^a Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029750194     PISSN: 08935068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1996.10.221     Document Type: Review

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