Occurrence and treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium in patients visiting STD clinics in Sweden

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 324-326

  Johannisson, Gunnar ^a   Enstrom Y ^b   Lowhagen G B ^a   Nagy, V ^a   Ryberg, K ^c   Seeberg, S ^a   Welinder Olsson, C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NÄL Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UDDEVALLA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma genitalium; Prevalence; STD; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN; URETHRITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0034096392     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001915958     Document Type: Article

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