Prevalence of genital chlamydia in Iranian males with urethritis attending clinics in Mashhad

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1333-1337

  Ghanaat, J ^a   Afshari, J ^a   Ghazvini, Kiarash ^a   Malvandi, M ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURNING SENSATION; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; URETHRAL ITCHING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAUSALITY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; URBAN HEALTH; URETHRITIS;

EID: 59949103017     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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