Pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescent girls

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 601-607

  Browner Elhanan, Karen J ^a   Coupey, Susan M ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PROBENECID;

ADOLESCENCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032693596     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.601     Document Type: Article

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