Health care access and follow-up of chlamydial and gonococcal infections identified in an emergency department

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 583-587

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

^a IL   (United States)

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

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^f DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCREENING TEST; ADOLESCENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 48049084380     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181666ab7     Document Type: Article

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