Effectiveness of patient delivered partner medication for preventing recurrent Chlamydia trachomatis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-333

  Kissinger, Patricia ^a,e   Brown, Rodney ^b   Reed, Katherine ^c   Salifou, Jessica ^c   Drake, Amy ^c   Farley, Thomas A ^d   Martin, David H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Orleans Family Planning Clinic

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Office of Public Health   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Partner treatment; STDs

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0031719618     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.5.331     Document Type: Article

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