Rectal infections with chlamydia and gonorrhoea in women attending a multiethnic sexually transmitted diseases urban clinic

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 819-822

  Hunte, T ^a   Alcaide, M ^b   Castro, J ^b  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Rectal infections; Screening; Sexually transmitted infections; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL COMPLAINT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551691554     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.009279     Document Type: Article

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