Spontaneous resolution of extragenital chlamydial and gonococcal infections prior to therapy

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 343-344

  Apewokin, Senu K ^a   Geisler, William M ^a   Bachmann, Laura H ^b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b WG Hefner Medical Center   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OROPHARYNX; RECTUM; RECTUM DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALABAMA; CHICAGO; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OROPHARYNX; RECTUM; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77951666735     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181d73639     Document Type: Letter

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