Detection and quantification of Mycoplasma genitalium in male patients with urethritis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 602-605

  Dupin, Nicolas ^a,f   Bijaoui, Gérard ^b   Schwarzinger, Michaël ^c,d   Ernault, Pauline ^e   Gerhardt, Philippe ^a   Jdid, Randa ^a   Hilab, Salim ^a   Pantoja, Christina ^a   Buffet, Marc ^a   Escande, Jean Paul ^a   Costa, Jean Marc ^e  

^a Univ René Descartes ^*  (France)

^b Laboratoire Vavin   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Laboratoire de Biologie   (France)

^f Hpital Cochin Pavillon Tarnier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; JOSAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0041941602     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376990     Document Type: Article

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