Adequacy of testing, empiric treatment, and referral for adult male emergency department patients with possible chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea urethritis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 534-539

  Merchant, R C ^a,b   DePalo, D M ^a   Stein, M D ^a   Rich, J D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Emergency medicine; Gonorrhoea; Male; Sexually transmitted diseases; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; GONORRHEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; URETHRITIS;

EID: 70349237061     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008395     Document Type: Article

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