Drug treatment of common STDs: Part I. Herpes, syphilis, urethritis, chlamydia and gonorrhea

American Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1387-1394

  Woodward, Carol ^a   Fisher, Melanie A ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE FOSFATEX; ERYTHROMYCIN; FAMCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VALACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HERPES; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHANCROID; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0032726534     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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