Risk factors associated with failure of syndromic treatment of sexually transmitted diseases among women seeking primary care in Addis Ababa

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 392-394

  Wolday, D ^a   G Mariam, Z ^b   Mohammed, Z ^c   Meles, H ^a   Messele, T ^a   Seme, W ^d   Geyid, A ^d   Maayan, S ^e  

^a Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP   (Ethiopia)

^b Black Lion Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^c Tekle Haymanot Health Center   (Ethiopia)

^d ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NYSTATIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONDYLOMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH CENTER; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; SYNDROMIC TREATMENT; SYPHILIS; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULCER;

EID: 6044265727     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.005660     Document Type: Article

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