Gonorrhoea

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages

  Bignell, Chris ^c   Ison, Catherine A ^a   Jungmann, E ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SAMPLING; SEXUAL CRIME; SHORT SURVEY; UNSAFE SEX; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33845897067     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.023036     Document Type: Short Survey

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