Chlamydial cervicitis and urethritis: Single dose treatment compared with doxycycline for seven days in community based practises

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-97

  Thorpe Jr , E M ^a   Stamm, W E ^b   Hook III, E W ^c   Gall, S A ^d   Jones, R B ^e   Henry, K ^f   Whitworth, G ^g   Johnson, R B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f St Paul s public schools   (United States)

^g Pharmaco LSR   (United States)

^h PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Chlamydia trachomatis; Doxycycline

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0029892173     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.72.2.93     Document Type: Article

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