Moraxella catarrhalis associated with acute urethritis imitating gonorrhoea acquired by oral-genital contact

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 579-580

  Abdolrasouli, Alireza ^a   Amin, A ^b   Baharsefat, M ^b   Roushan, A ^b   Hemmati, Y ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Marie Curie Medical Institute Tehran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute urethritis; Fellatio; Moraxella catarrhalis; Orogenital contact

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROAT CULTURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URETHRITIS;

EID: 38449108146     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207781439775     Document Type: Article

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