Chlamydia and gonorhea in pregnancy: Effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment in Botswana

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 395-400

  Romoren, M ^a   Rahman, M ^b   Sundby, J ^a   Hjortdahl, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOTSWANA; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6044220250     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.007757     Document Type: Article

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