Coexistence of urethritis with genital ulcer disease in South Africa: Influence on provision of syndromic management

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 274-277

  Ballard, R C ^a   Fehler, H G ^a   Htun, Y ^a   Radebe, F ^a   Jensen, J S ^b   Taylor Robinson, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MINING; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; ULCER; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0036051444     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.4.274     Document Type: Article

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