Unsuspected gonorrhea and chlamydia in patients of an urban adult emergency department: A critical population for STD control intervention

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-39

  Mehta, Supriya D ^a   Rothman, Richard E ^b   Kelen, Gabor D ^b   Quinn, Thomas C ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035156428     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200101000-00008     Document Type: Article

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