Two lymphogranuloma venereum cases in a heterosexual couple in Bilbao (Spain)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 918-919

  De Munain, Josefina López ^a   Ezpeleta, Guillermo ^a   Imaz, Manuel ^a   Del Mar Camara, Maria ^a   Esteban, Valentine ^a   Santamaría, Juan Miguel ^a   Cisterna, Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OMPH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYALGIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPAIN;

EID: 58149166919     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31817e9228     Document Type: Article

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