Clinical efficacy of levofloxacin 500 mg once daily for 7 days for patients with non-gonococcal urethritis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 392-396

  Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Ichihara, Kohji ^a   Hashimoto, Jiro ^a   Kurimura, Yuichiro ^a   Iwasawa, Akihiko ^b   Hayashi, Kenji ^c   Sunaoshi, Kenichi ^d   Takeda, Koichi ^d   Suzuki, Nobukazu ^d   Satoh, Takashi ^e   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Iwasawa Clinic   (Japan)

^c Tomakomai Urologic Clinic   (Japan)

^d Teine Urologic Clinic   (Japan)

^e Nisshin Urologic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Levofloxacin; Mycoplasma genitalium; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PARESTHESIA; PROGNOSIS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 80051592408     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0192-z     Document Type: Article

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