High prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in women with urinary infections

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1030-1034

  Berg, Elijah ^a,b   Benson, Don M ^a,b   Haraszkiewicz, Paula ^a,b   Grieb, Jerry ^a,b   McDonald, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; emergency department; prevalence; sexually transmitted diseases; urinary tract infections; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029829692     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03349.x     Document Type: Article

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