Revision of the national guideline for first-line comprehensive management and control of sexually transmitted infections: What's new and why?

South African Family Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-24

  Lewis, David A ^a,b,c   Marumo, Eva ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d National Department of Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CHLAMYDIASIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTION SITE PAIN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE; URETHRITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952013425     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2010.10873926     Document Type: Article

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