Aetiology of male urethritis in patients recruited from a population with a high HIV prevalence

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 8-14

  Sturm, P D J ^a   Moodley, P ^a   Khan, N ^a   Ebrahim, S ^a   Govender, K ^a   Connolly, C ^a   Sturm, A W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Medical School   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aetiology; HIV population; Male urethritis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4444313362     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.02.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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