Patient-delivered partner therapy for chlamydia - A realistic public health measure in the UK

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-346

  Cameron, S T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Dean Terrace Family Planning Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 58549107017     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01971.x     Document Type: Note

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