Dramatic increase in lymphogranuloma venereum among homosexual men in Hamburg;Auffällige zunahme des lymphogranuloma venereum unter homosexuellen männern in Hamburg

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 676-680

  Krosigk, Ariane V ^a   Meyer, Thomas ^b   Jordan, Sabine ^a   Graefe, Kathrin ^a   Plettenberg, Andreas ^a,c   Stoehr, Albrecht ^a  

^a Inst F Interdisziplinare Sucht D   (Germany)

^b Labor Prof Arndt and Partner   (Germany)

^c Ifi Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anogenital ulceration; Chlamydia trachomatis; Epidemiology; HIV; PCR amplification; Sexual transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GERMANY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 6044240877     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0353.2004.04702.x     Document Type: Article

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