Demographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics of men with nongonococcal urethritis differ by etiology: A case-comparison study

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Wetmore, Catherine M ^a,b   Manhart, Lisa E ^a,c   Lowens, M Sylvan ^a,d   Golden, Matthew R ^a,d   Whittington, William L H ^a   Xet Mull, Ana Maria ^a   Astete, Sabina G ^a   McFarland, Nicole L ^a   McDougal, Sarah J ^a,c   Totten, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Departments of Global Health   (United States)

^c Health Services and Epidemiology   (United States)

^d STD Clinic Public Health Seattle   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; URINE; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951679614     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182040de9     Document Type: Article

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