UK National Audit of Early Syphilis Management. Case-notes audit: Contact tracing, information giving, follow-up and outcomes

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 340-343

  McClean, Hugo ^a,b   Daniels, David ^a   Carne, Chris ^a   Bunting, Paul ^a   Miller, Rob ^a  

^a ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Medical audit; Nursing audit; Outcome assessment (health care); Patient education; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTACT TRACING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT EDUCATION; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646360576     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206776790187     Document Type: Article

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