Changing trends in sexually transmitted infections at a Regional STD Centre in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2006, Pages 559-568

  Ray, Krishna ^a,b   Bala, Manju ^a   Gupta, S M ^a   Khunger, Niti ^a   Puri, Poonam ^a   Muralidhar, S ^a   Kumar, Joginder ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Chaging trends; HIV seropositivity; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; STIs

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDIASIS; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL ULCER; GRANULOMA INGUINALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; ULCUS MOLLE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINA;

EID: 33846553563     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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