Prevalence and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, and Mycoplasma hominis in patients with non-gonococcal urethritis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-20

  Kiliç, Dilek ^a   Başar, M Murad ^a,b   Kaygusuz, Sedat ^a   Yilmaz, Erdal ^a   Başar, Halil ^a   Batislam, Ertan ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OFLOXACIN; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 1642442017     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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