Clinical efficacy of azithromycin for male nongonococcal urethritis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 409-412

  Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Matsukawa, Masanori ^a   Kurimura, Yuichiro ^a   Takeyama, Koh ^a   Kunishima, Yasuharu ^a   Iwasawa, Akihiko ^b   Koroku, Mikio ^c   Tanda, Hitoshi ^c   Suzuki, Nobukazu ^d   Takagi, Yoshio ^e   Hirose, Takaoki ^f   Nishimura, Masahiro ^g   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Iwasawa Clinic   (Japan)

^c Sanjukai Hospital   (Japan)

^d Teine Urologic Clinic   (Japan)

^e Department of Surgery   (Japan)

^f Hokkaido Hosp for Social Hlth Ins   (Japan)

^g Motomachi Urologic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Chlamydia trachomatis; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 57749171406     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0643-y     Document Type: Article

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