An audit on the management of lymphogranuloma venereum in a sexual health clinic in London, UK

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 772-776

  Hill, S C ^a   Hodson, L ^a   Smith, A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; HIV; Lymphogranuloma venereum; Men who have sex with men; Proctitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS C; HIV TEST; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RESCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONDON; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650827504     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010329     Document Type: Article

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