Impact of Chlamydia trachomatis in the reproductive setting: British fertility society guidelines for practice

Human Fertility

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 115-125

  Akande, Valentine ^a   Turner, Cathy ^b   Horner, Paddy ^c   Horne, Andrew ^d   Pacey, Allan ^e  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BFS; Chlamydia; Guideline; Infertility; NAAT; Screening; Serology

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COUNSELING; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EJACULATION DISORDER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 77956913726     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2010.513893     Document Type: Article

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