Reproductive tract infections among women attending a gynecology outpatient department in Vientiane, Lao PDR

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 791-795

  Sihavong, Amphoy ^a,b   Phouthavane, Traykhouane ^c   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^a,d,e   Sayabounthavong, Khanthanouvieng ^c   Syhakhang, Lamphone ^c   Wahlström, Rolf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Ministry of Health (MOH)   (Laos)

^c MOH   (Laos)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; LAOS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34648829803     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000260918.82625.fd     Document Type: Article

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