Genital gonorrhoea in children: Determining the source and mode of infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-251

  Whaitiri, S ^a   Kelly, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOMITES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951614119     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.162909     Document Type: Article

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