Lymphogranuloma venereum in Zurich, Switzerland: Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 proctitis among men who have sex with men

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 209-212

  Kamarashev, Jivko ^a   Riess, Christoph E ^b   Mosimann, Josephine ^c,d   Läuchlf, Severin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Private Dermatological Clinic   (Switzerland)

^c Analytica Medical Laboratories Ltd   (Switzerland)

^d Institute for Medical and Molecular Diagnostics Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Epidemiology; Lymphogranuloma venereum; Proctitis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DATA BASE; DEFECATION HABIT; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCTITIS; RECTAL DISCHARGE; RECTUM; RECTUM DISEASE; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPPURATION; SWITZERLAND; SYPHILIS; TENESMUS; THAILAND; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77950816489     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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