Unusual presentation of early lymphogranuloma venereum in an HIV-1 infected patient: Effective treatment with 1 g azithromycin

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 453-455

  Nieuwenhuis, R F ^a   Ossewaarde, J M ^a   Van Der Meijden, W I ^a   Neumann, H A M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANUS DISEASES; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GROIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; ULCER;

EID: 0346249834     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.6.453     Document Type: Article

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