Chlamydia trachomatis and non-gonococcal urethritis

Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Harryman, Lindsey ^a   Horner, Paddy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Mycoplasma genitalium; NAAT; non gonococcal urethritis; screening

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

BALANITIS CIRCINATA; BREAST FEEDING; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSURIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDIDYMO ORCHITIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MALE INFERTILITY; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NON GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ORCHITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIHEPATITIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SWELLING; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; ULCER; UREAPLASMA; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 77956623849     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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