Is syphilis resurgent in New Zealand in the 21st century? A case series of infectious syphilis presenting to Auckland Sexual Health Service

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1211, 2005, Pages

  Azariah, Sunita ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYPHILIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TRAVEL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 21244506290     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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