Mycoplasma genitalium in men with non-gonococcal urethritis;Mycoplasma genitalium hos menn med urethritt

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 128, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2709-2711

  Moi, Harald ^a,b   Reinton, Nils ^c   Moghaddam, Amir ^c  

^a Olafiaklinikken   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Furst Medisinsk Laboratorium   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; URINE;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URETHRITIS;

EID: 58149231213     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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