An open label comparative study of azithromycin and doxycycline in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis in males and chlamydia trachomatis cervicitis in female sex workers in an STD clinic in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 519-523

  Tan, H H ^a   Chan, R K W ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Cervicitis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Compliance; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST CONTROL; DROWSINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PROSTITUTION; SINGAPORE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0032826571     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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