Genital piercing in association with gonorrhoea, chlamydia and warts

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 499-500

  Hounsfield, Victoria ^a   Davies, Stephen C ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Genital piercing; Genital warts; Gonorrhoea; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADULT; BODY PIERCING; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 47949084296     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008021     Document Type: Article

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