Syphilis treatment. German and international guidelines - A comparison;Behandlung der syphilis. Deutsche und internationale leitlinien - Ein vergleich

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Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-150

  Schofer H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

German guidelines; International guidelines; Penicillin; Syphilis; Syphilis treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BIPENSAAR; CEFTRIAXONE; CLEMIZOLE PENICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HALF-LIFE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17644373121     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-004-0870-9     Document Type: Review

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