Chlamydia and gonorrhoea in pregnant Batswana women: Time to discard the syndromic approach?

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Romoren, Maria ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^a   Velauthapillai, Manonmany ^b   Rahman, Mafizur ^c   Klouman, Elise ^d   Hjortdahl, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^c Sexual and Reproductive Health Associates   (Botswana)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTSWANA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYNDROME; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 34247846114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-27     Document Type: Article

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