Low effectiveness of syndromic treatment services for curable sexually transmitted infections in rural South Africa

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 528-534

  White, R G ^a   Moodley, P ^b   McGrath, N ^a,c   Hosegood, V ^a,c   Zaba, B ^a   Herbst, K ^c   Newell, M ^c   Sturm, W A ^b   Hayes, R J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TIME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; ULCER; URETHRITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149096663     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.032011     Document Type: Article

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