Gonorrhea screening among men who have sex with men: Value of multiple anatomic site testing, San Diego, California, 1997-2003

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 845-848

  Gunn, Robert A ^a,c   O'Brien, Catherine J ^b   Lee, Marjorie A ^a   Gilchick, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HIV STD and Hepatitis Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNX; RECTUM; RISK FACTOR; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES; URETHRA; URINE CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HOMOSEXUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX DISEASE; RECTUM DISEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CULTURE MEDIA; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 54449100501     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318177ec70     Document Type: Article

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