UK National Audit of Chlamydial Infection Management in Sexual Health Clinics. Case notes audit: Demography, diagnosis and treatment

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 469-472

  McClean, Hugo ^a,b   Carne, Chris ^a   Bunting, Paul ^a   Bhaduri, Sumit ^a   Fernandes, Arnold ^a   Dhar, Jyoti ^a   Estreich, Steve ^a   Daniels, David ^a  

^a ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sexual Health Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Clinical audit; Female urogenital diseases; Male urogenital diseases; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DETECLO; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47949100662     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008137     Document Type: Article

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