Gonorrhea and chlamydia in emergency departments: Screening, diagnosis and treatment

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-142

  Mehta, Supriya D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTITIS; DYSURIA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY CARE; GASTROENTERITIS; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICATION ERROR; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URETHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 33947192115     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-007-0009-0     Document Type: Review

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