Syphilis and HIV infection;Sífilis e infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.2, 2006, Pages 34-39

  Palacios Muñoz, Rosario ^a   De La Fuente Aguado, Javier ^b   Angoiti, Javier Murillas ^c   Coito, J Miguel Nogueira ^d   González, Jesús Santos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Men who have sex with men; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34548583492     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13096048     Document Type: Review

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