Ureaplasma urealyticum is significantly associated with non-gonococcal urethritis in heterosexual Sydney men

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Couldwell, Deborah L ^a   Gidding, H F ^b   Freedman, E V ^c   McKechnie, M L ^b,d   Biggs, K ^a   Sintchenko, V ^b   Gilbert, G L ^b  

^a Parramatta Sexual Health Clinic   (Australia)

^b Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genital pathogens; Multiplex PCR based reverse line blot assay; Non gonococcal urethritis; Ureaplasma urealyticum; Urethral symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNSAFE SEX; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; URETHRAL PAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; UNSAFE SEX; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS;

EID: 77952872512     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009499     Document Type: Article

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