Etiology of genital ulcer disease. A prospective study of 278 cases seen in an STD clinic in Paris

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Hope Rapp, Emilie ^a   Anyfantakis, Vassili ^a   Fouéré, Sebastien ^a   Bonhomme, Philippe ^a   Louison, Jean B ^a   De Marsac, Thibault Tandeau ^a   Chaine, Benedicte ^a   Vallee, Pascale ^a   Casin, Isabelle ^a   Scieux, Catherine ^a   Lassau, François ^a   Janier, Michel ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENITAL ULCER; GRAM STAINING; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ULCER; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHANCROID; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649109160     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181bf5a98     Document Type: Article

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