An outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum in Western Europe;Une épidémie de maladie de Nicolas-Favre en Europe occidentale

Revue du Praticien

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1747-1750

  Farhi, David ^a   Dupin, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a université Paris Cité   (France)

^b Section MST Sida de la Société Française de Dermatologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FISTULA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INDUSTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCTITIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SCLEROSIS; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ULCER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 27744584947     PISSN: 00352640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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