Is screening asymptomatic men who have sex with men for urethral gonorrhoea worthwhile?

Sexual Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-91

  Ryder, Nathan ^a   Lockart, Ian G ^b   Bourne, Chris ^a  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epidemiology; Male; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URETHRA;

EID: 77149165491     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09100     Document Type: Article

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