Chlamydia trachomatis serovar distribution and Neisseria gonorrhoeae coinfection in male patients with urethritis in Greece

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2231-2234

  Papadogeorgakis, Helen ^a   Pittaras, Theodore E ^a,b   Papaparaskevas, Joseph ^b   Pitiriga, Vassiliki ^b   Katsambas, Andreas ^c   Tsakris, Athanassios ^b  

^a ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMORBIDITY; GONORRHEA; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEROTYPING; URETHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 77952934351     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00586-10     Document Type: Article

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