UK National Audit of Early Syphilis Management. Case notes audit: Diagnosis and treatment

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 334-339

  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

Drug therapy; Medical audit; Nursing audit; Syphilis; Syphilis serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NAUSEA; PAIN; PANIC; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SEROLOGY; SYNCOPE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOXYCYCLINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646367413     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206776790150     Document Type: Article

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