Agents of non-gonococcal urethritis in males attending an Israeli clinic for sexually transmitted diseases

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-27

  Srugo, Isaac ^a,b   Steinberg, Jordan ^a,b   Madeb, Ralph ^c   Gershtein, Rosa ^a,b   Elias, Isaac ^a,b   Tal, Joseph ^a,b   Nativ, Ofer ^a,b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonococcus; Non gonococcal urethritis; Sexually transmitted diseases; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BIOASSAY; HEALTH; PATHOLOGY;

URETHRITIS;

DISEASES;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSURIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICTURITION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TISSUE CULTURE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA DISEASE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS; URINE;

EID: 0347927725     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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