Targeted mass treatment for syphilis with oral azithromycin

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9354, 2003, Pages 313-314

  Rekart, Michael L ^a   Patrick, David M ^a   Chakraborty, Bubli ^b   Maginley, Juanita J L ^b   Jones, H D ^b   Bajdik, Chris D ^c   Pourbohloul, Babak ^a   Brunham, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Centres for Disease Control   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0037464773     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12335-5     Document Type: Article

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