Ano-rectal lymphogranuloma venereum: The first case in Italy

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-85

  Cusini, M ^a   Boneschi, V ^a   Tanzi, C ^a   Girgenti, V ^a   De Vries, H ^b   Alessi, E ^a  

^a Institute of Dermatological Sciences   (Italy)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lymphogranuloma venereum; Proctitis; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL LYMPHOGRANULOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; ITALY; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 42249102424     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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