Compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-377

  Kane, Bryan G ^a,c   Degutis, Linda C ^a   Sayward, Helen K ^a   D'Onofrio, Gail ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Section of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicitis; Clinical guidelines; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Quality measures; Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); Urethritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHLAMYDIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 1842592062     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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