Clinical management of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection in a county teaching emergency department - Concerns in overtreatment, undertreatment, and follow-up treatment success

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-11

  Levitt, M Andrew ^a   Johnson, Suzanne ^a   Engelstad, Linda ^a   Montana, Robert ^a   Stewart, Susan ^a  

^a ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Gonorrhea; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DNA PROBE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037632526     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00131-8     Document Type: Article

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