Nongonococcal urethritis - A new paradigm

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Burstein, Gale R ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0033006778     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514728     Document Type: Article

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