Evaluation of risk score algorithms for detection of chlamydial and gonococcal infections in an emergency department setting

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-135

  Al Tayyib, Alia A ^a   Miller, William C ^a,b   Rogers, Susan M ^c   Leone, Peter A ^a,b   Gesink Law, Dionne C ^d   Ford, Carol A ^b   Rothman, Richard E ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydial infection; Emergency department; Gonorrhea; Risk score algorithm; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALGORITHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BALTIMORE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 39749203129     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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