2009 European guideline on the management of male non-gonococcal urethritis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 458-464

  Shahmanesh, M ^a   Moi, H ^b   Lassau, F ^c   Janier, M ^c  

^a Whittall Street Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Olafiaklinikken   (Norway)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Chlamydia trachomatis; Doxycycline; Mycoplasma genitalium; NGU (non gonococcal urethritis); Urethritis (male)

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PLACEBO;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URETHRITIS;

EID: 67650133965     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009143     Document Type: Review

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