Urinary Symptoms in Adolescent Females: STI or UTI?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 418-424

  Huppert, Jill S ^a   Biro, Frank ^a   Lan, Dongmei ^a   Mortensen, Joel E ^a   Reed, Jennifer ^a   Slap, Gail B ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Chlamydia infections (microbiology); Neisseria gonorrhoeae (isolation and purification); Trichomonas vaginalis (isolation and purification); Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 34247156130     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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