Lymphogranuloma venereum proctocolitis: A silent endemic disease in men who have sex with men in industrialised countries

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 917-925

  Martin Iguacel, R ^a,b   Llibre, J M ^b   Nielsen, H ^a   Heras, E ^b   Matas, L ^b   Lugo, R ^b   Clotet, B ^b,c   Sirera, G ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c IrsiCaixa Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA;

AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EUROPE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PROCTOCOLITIS;

EID: 77955468733     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0959-2     Document Type: Article

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