Comparison of clinically directed, disease specific, and syndromic protocols for the management of genital ulcer disease in Lesotho

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Htun, Ye ^a,c   Morse, S A ^b   Dangor, Y ^a   Fehler, G ^a   Radebe, F ^a   Trees, D L ^b   Beck Sague, C M ^b   Ballard, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SA Institute for Medical Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinically directed protocols; Disease specific protocols; Genital ulcer disease; Lesotho; Syndromic protocols

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LESOTHO; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCUS MOLLE;

CHANCROID; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; LESOTHO; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS; ULCER;

EID: 0031872634     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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