Rapid decrease of endemic gonorrhea in Finland

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 181-186

  Hiltunen Back, Eija ^a   Rostila, Timo ^b   Kautiainen, Hannu ^a   Paavonen, Jorma ^a   Reunala, Timo ^a,c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Aurora Hospital   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROBENECID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031943338     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199804000-00001     Document Type: Article

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