Screening of oropharynx and anorectum increases prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in female STD clinic visitors

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 783-787

  Peters, Remco P H ^a,b   Nijsten, Noëmi ^a   Mutsaers, Johan ^c   Jansen, Casper L ^c   Morré, Servaas A ^d   Van Leeuwen, A Petra ^a  

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

^b ANOVA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANORECTUM; ANUS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEAR; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051782758     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31821890e9     Document Type: Article

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