The treatment of pharyngeal gonorrhoea with a single oral dose of cefixime

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-254

  McMillan, A ^a,b   Young, H ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Lauriston Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cefixime; Gonorrhoea; Pharyngeal infections

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANOGENITAL CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX GONORRHOEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; GONORRHEA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARYNX;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFIXIME; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250632336     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207780658971     Document Type: Article

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