Audit of routine rectal swabs for gonorrhoea culture in women

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-144

  Raychaudhuri, M ^a   Birley, H D L ^a  

^a Cardiff Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rectal gonorrhoea; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM;

EID: 75449096638     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009076     Document Type: Article

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