Modem diagnosis and management of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 388-393

  Robinson, A J ^a   Ridgway, G L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MALE; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 0030567286     PISSN: 00071064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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