Evaluation of sexual history-based screening of anatomic sites for chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in men having sex with men in routine practice

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Peters, Remco P H ^a,b   Verweij, Stephan P ^c   Nijsten, Noëmi ^a   Ouburg, Sander ^c   Mutsaers, Johan ^d   Jansen, Casper L ^d   van Leeuwen, A Petra ^e   Morré, Servaas A ^c  

^a Municipal Medical and Health Service of The Hague   (Netherlands)

^b ANOVA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^e DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorectal; Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Oropharyngeal; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; OROPHARYNGEAL INFECTION; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PROCTITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URETHRITIS; ANAL CANAL; ANAMNESIS; EVALUATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; OROPHARYNX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960668465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-203     Document Type: Article

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