Should we offer antibiotic prophylaxis post sexual assault?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-102

  Gibb, Alison M ^a   McManus, T ^a   Forster, G E ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Patient acceptability; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBENECID; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SCREENING; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RAPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0037317502     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646203321156854     Document Type: Article

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