Can a two-glass urine test or leucocyte esterase test of first-void urine improve syndromic management of male urethritis in southern Thailand?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-240

  Chandeying, Verapol ^a   Skov, Steven ^b,d   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^c   Kemapunmanus, Marisa ^a   Garland, Suzanne ^c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Tri State STD/HIV Project   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AIDS/STD Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basic health service; Gonorrhoea culture; Male urethritis; Syndromic management

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DYSURIA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MEN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND; TREATMENT; UROGENITAL EFFECTS--MEN; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; THAILAND; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0034064301     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001915769     Document Type: Article

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