Differential association of ureaplasma species with non-gonococcal urethritis in heterosexual men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-275

  Ondondo, Raphael O ^a,b,c   Whittington, William L H ^b   Astete, Sabina G ^b   Totten, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM STAINING; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS; HETEROSEXUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956050664     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.040394     Document Type: Article

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