Acute urethritis caused by Neisseria meningitidis

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 346-347

  Kanemitsu, Noriyuki ^a   Hayashi, Issei ^a   Satoh, Nodoka ^a   Hayakawa, Takahiro ^a   Mitsuya, Hideo ^a   Hayase, Yosimasa ^b   Hiramoto, Ken ^c   Kojima, Munekado ^a  

^a Nagoya Urology Hospital   (Japan)

^b Maruzen Clinic   (Japan)

^c FALCO Bio Systems   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; Sexually transmitted diseases; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OFLOXACIN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0038798423     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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